Add YOUR Family To This Page

  History of Saratoga Springs, New York, USA

Journey back in time to Saratoga Springs, New York, USA

Visit Saratoga Springs, New York, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 
  Congress Spring in 1848
  Postcard
  
•  1853 - August 24 - 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs NY)
  
  historyorb.com
  August 24, 1853
  
  
• 1854 - Saratoga Springs
  Saratoga Springs, situated in Saratoga township, Saratoga county, New York, 38 miles by railroad N. of Albany, and 32 N. of Troy. This is the most fashionable watering-place on the American continent, as well as the most in repute for the medical virtues of its waters. Here assemble from every...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1863 - August 3 - Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens
  
  historyorb.com
  
  
•  1871 - Care for Sick Sheep. - James Smith, of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., says:
  "I believe it is not generally known to farmers what to do for sheep when their ears lop, and they stand with their feet together, and their eyes run; the disease is just commencing. Catch the animal, and pull the hoof apart, and the issues will be found stopped up with a hard substance; pick that...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1887 - By a plan of "penny a day" collections, the ladies of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Saratoga Springs raised during the past year the handsome sum of $1,950 on the debt of the church.
  
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  March 5, 1887
  
  
• 1895 - Saratoga Springs
  Saratoga Springs, a post-village and fashionable summer resort of Saratoga co., N.Y., in a township of its own name, on the Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad, at the S. terminus of the Adirondack Railroad, 38 miles N. of Albany, and about 180 miles N. of New York City. Besides being one of the most...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1899 - Saratoga Springs
  The town of Saratoga Springs is located a little to the southeast of the geographical centre of the county. It is bounded on the north by the towns of Greenfield and Wilton, on the east by Saratoga, on the south by Malta and on the west by Milton. The Revised Statutes of New York State define the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 
  Broadway looking South
  Postcard
  
• 
  The Start, Saratoga Race Track, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
  Postcard
  
• 
  Congress Park, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
  Postcard
  
•  1906 - TWO KILLED IN CRASH OF MONTREAL EXPRESS
  George Foster Peabody One of the Injured in Train Wreck.
  HIS HURTS NOT SERIOUS
  Sharp Curve Cut Off Signal That Brakeman Used In Effort to Avoid Disaster.
  Special to The New York Times.
  SARATOGA SPRINGS, March 7. - Two persons were killed, another will probably die before morning, and several...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1906
  Saratoga Springs, a post-village of Saratoga co., N.Y., in a township (town) of its own name, on the Delaware and Hudson and other railroads, 38 miles N. of Albany. It is one of the most fashionable resorts of the United States, and its vast hotels, giving accommodation to about 20,000 guests, are...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 
  St Peters Catholic Church
  Postcard
  
• 
  Court of the United States Hotel
  Postcard
  
• 
  Huestis House
  Postcard
  
• 
  Worden Hotel
  Postcard
  
• 
  The Gardens of "Inniscarra" Chauncy Olcott Cottage, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
  Postcard
  
• 
  Saratoga Historical Society
  Postcard
  
• 
  The Fabulous Dorian
  Postcard
  
• 
  Broadway, 1950s
  Postcard
  
•  1957 - Fire
  Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (UP) - A fire apparently started by an oil burner explosion raged through a downtown block of this famous resort city for five hours Sunday, killing one person, injuring four others and leaving 30 families homeless.
  
  Firemen believe an oil burner explosion in the Paris...Read MORE...