3353 x 5050 px | 28,4 x 42,8 cm | 11,2 x 16,8 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
8 ottobre 2010
Ubicazione:
Saratoga Springs, New York State, USA
Altre informazioni:
Saratoga Springs is a city in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The name reflects the presence of mineral springs in the area. While the word "Saratoga" is known to be a corruption of a Native American place name. The city is near the center of Saratoga County in upstate New York. Fort Saratoga was built in 1691 on the west bank of the Hudson River about a mile south of the current village of Schuylerville, New York, which was settled shortly thereafter, and was known as Saratoga until 1831. In 1767, Sir William Johnson, British soldier and a hero of the French and Indian Wars, was brought about ten miles (16 km) west of the village, to what would become the city of Saratoga Springs, by Native American friends, to treat war wounds at a spring thought to have medicinal properties. The spring is now known as High Rock Spring, and may be visited today. In the 19th century, the noted doctor Simon Baruch encouraged bringing European style spas to the United States, and thus Saratoga Springs, with its wealth of mineral waters developed as a spa, seeing many hotels built, including the Grand Union Hotel that was, in its day, the largest hotel in the world, and the United States Hotel. In 1863, Saratoga Race Course opened and moved to its current location the following year, greatly expanding the city's reputation as a tourist destination. In addition, the Saratoga Springs area was known for its gambling, which after the first years of the 20th century was illegal, but still widespread. Most gambling facilities were located on Saratoga Lake, on the southeast side of the city.
