Fox Lake-Grant Township His. Society-- Part 2: The Frog Hotel

A man donated an old sign from the Frog Hotel on Fox Lake back around 1900.  The building still stands and has the words "The Frogs" on it, but no longer is in use.

The sign reads:  "The Frog Hotel / No Liquor Allowed On the Premises /  Soren Moller."  It is hard to believe a resort on Fox Lake around 1900 would not allow drinking on the premises.  Fox Lake was quite the wide-open town back then.

The graduating classes at Grant High School in Fox Lake has reunions twice a year at Maravella's and they support the historical society a lot.  This last time earlier this month, they gave us $200 from their 50-50 drawing and the winner added $100.  Believe me, $300 for our organization is a lot of appreciated money.

All Grant classes are welcome (as well as anybody from any school) and they meet the first Wednesday in May and October for the $15 buffet and lots of memories.  I wonder if they would let a 1969 Palatine High School grad attend?

There is a group ever-changing displays at the museum.  One of them now has a World War II field desk and there is work on one that people can touch on telephones.

The society inherited a piano when it got the building and it takes up a lot of room so we're looking into how to get rid of it.  We heard that getting rid of a piano is a really hard thing to do these days.

--DaCoot