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Stewart's Shops

Donald Stewart: The Man Who Founded The First Stewart’s Shop

September 16, 2021 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Early Stewarts AdvertisementThis summer Brookside Museum in Ballston Spa, NY, opened an exhibit: “Century of Ice Cream! The Dake Family and Stewart’s.”

One might wonder why this successful business, with almost 350 convenience stores is named “Stewart’s” and not “Dake’s.”

Actually, the original founder of Stewart’s had a strong reputation for high-quality dairy products, long before the Dake family purchased the business. [Read more…] about Donald Stewart: The Man Who Founded The First Stewart’s Shop

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Food, History Tagged With: Ballston Spa, Culinary History, Dairy, local farms, Saratoga, Saratoga County, Saratoga County History Center, Saratoga County History Roundtable, Stewart's Shops

Stewart’s Shops 19th Century Patriarch Starks Dake’s Saratoga Lake Canal Plan

August 9, 2021 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

starks dakeStarks Desivigna Dake was born May 9,1852. He died on November 10, 1937, at the family homestead in Middle Grove after a long illness. The Saratogian reported on November 11, 1937 that he was “Courageous to the last, he voted in the November 2 election at a polling place near his home.”

Starks was a member of one of the oldest families to settle in Saratoga County. He was the son of Benjamin C. and Mary Jane Carmen Dake. He attended school in Daketown and, in the winter of 1869-70, attended the prominent Fort Edward Collegiate Institute. In 1870 he won a scholarship to Cornell University, where he studied civil engineering. He left college early to teach school in Eddy’s Corners, South Corinth, Greenfield Center, Middle Grove, and Chatfield Corners in Saratoga County. In 1872 the enterprising Starks took up land surveying while still teaching. He would continue that occupation for the next 60 years. [Read more…] about Stewart’s Shops 19th Century Patriarch Starks Dake’s Saratoga Lake Canal Plan

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Food, History Tagged With: Ballston Spa, Culinary History, Dairy, Engineering History, Greenfield, Kayaderosseras Creek, Legal History, Saratoga County, Saratoga Lake, Schuylerville, Stewart's Shops

Stewart’s Shops History: Eisenhower’s Ice Cream Cake

November 8, 2020 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Ike Cuts a 150-Lb Ice Cream CakeOn June 22, 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower visited the Vermont State Dairy Festival in Rutland. The Festival held a barbecue that day in the President’s honor. When it was over, they presented the President and his Presidential Party with a 150-pound ice cream cake. The cake represented a day’s work for twenty cows.

It was a gift from the Stewart’s Shop on North Main Street in Rutland. “Hap” Haapala was the store manager at the time. Plant Manager Paul “Perky” Robinson made the cake at the Stewart’s Ice Cream Plant in Greenfield, Saratoga County. Melvin Tuttle, the owner of Tuttle’s Bakery on Church Street in Saratoga Springs, was responsible for the decorations. Bob Gailor told me that his father, Wally Gailor, was a baker at Tuttle’s and that he decorated the cake. [Read more…] about Stewart’s Shops History: Eisenhower’s Ice Cream Cake

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Food, History Tagged With: Culinary History, Dairy, Diary Industry, Food, Saratoga, Saratoga County, Saratoga County History Center, Saratoga County History Roundtable, Stewart's Shops, Vermont

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