Staff Notes - Town Historian• 0
TOWN OF QUEENSBURY
742 Bay Road, Queensbury, NY 12804-5902 518-761-8201
June 9, 1999
Town of Queensbury Planning Board
Queensbury Zoning Board of Appeals
742 Bay Road Bay Road
Queensbury, New York 12804-5902
RE: Everest Enterprises, LLC Sleep Inn Hotel
Dear Board Members:
I am writing in response to D & C Management Assoc., Inc. `s application to subdivide Tax Map
71-2-2 into a two lot subdivision. On the proposed Lot # 2 1 would ask that you please note the existence
of the historic Blind Rock site just off the curve on Montray Road. Blind Rock has a legendary history as
a stopping place midway between Fort Edward and Lake George. That travellers were often waylaid here
is difficult to prove from first hand accounts. However, there are many references to the site in history
and in land records to show it to be of historic significance. Many people in the town have requested
that the site be preserved and noted for its importance on or near the old Military Road.
A few years ago I presented the idea of creating a pocket park at the site to preserve the Rock
and to note its importance in the community's history. Such a park, if so dedicated, would be a good
way to present to the public and to tourist to the area this important landmark.
As the land parcel is being subdivided this would be a good time to consider the Blind Rock site.
Sincerely yours,
Lyn J. Van D,vke, Ed.D.
Town Historian
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