Century-old Ti — ‘Snow, snow … and looks like more.’

This is the latest in a series of posts about news reported a century ago in the Ticonderoga Sentinel.

“Snow, snow, mountains of it, and looks like more,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on Feb. 19, 1920.

The worst blizzard in the region since 1888 dumped 15 inches to two feet of snow on area communities on Feb. 16 and 17, preventing mail delivery in most places, some for two days, and delaying the south-bound train from Montreal by 20 hours.

The stage from Graphite was unable to get through to Ticonderoga for the first time in 15 years.

“So far as known, not a single stage from the interior villages was able to make its trip on Monday. Many of them were unable to resume trips on Tuesday.”

Men who lived on the outskirts of Ticonderoga on Monday hiked to work on snowshoes, and one borrowed his son’s skis, so they would not lose a day’s pay.

“Not much news this week,” the Crown Point correspondent reported. “No one going anywhere or nothing worthy of account happening. Everybody’s staying by the fire and I don’t know as I blame them at all.”

Crews in Ticonderoga were still clearing roads on Wednesday.

“Many of the roads in the town are still in bad shape, but Superintendent Roscoe Smith is getting them in shape for travel as rapidly as conditions will permit.”

Before the storm, the Ticonderoga High School basketball team clinched second place in the North East League, defeating Port Henry 50–18 at home.

“Port Henry played clean, aggressive basketball, but were at a disadvantage on a small court.”

The hometown spirit was sub par, the Sentinel editorialized.

“At the game last Friday night the cheering was better than usual, although there is a chance for great improvement,”

The newspaper suggested fans would be more vocal if the school had girl cheerleaders.

At the weekly Knights of Columbus card party, Mrs. D. L. Ryan won a cocoa set and Raymond McNutt a safety razor.

Rose Latour was hired as cook at the Graphite Hotel, replacing Amelia Holt, who resigned.

Barber Joseph Fisher’s wife went temporarily to New York City to attend Professor Rohrer’s Beauty School. She planned to return to Ticonderoga to operate a beauty parlor adjacent to the barber shop.

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