Author: Henry Lee

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-12-20

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9781334677199

Excerpt from Lee's Guide to Saratoga, the Queen of Spas: Contents: History and Analysts of the Springs, How to Get There, General Notes, Hotels, Boarding Houses, Amusements, Walks, Drives, Excursions, Races, Churches, Medical and Public Institutions, Commercial Features, &C Saratoga Springs lies between the Hudson and Mohawk rivers, and is the largest village, al though not the county seat, of Saratoga county. Its population at the last census was but its visitors number annually probably Hence the various routes by which tourists may reach this Queen of Spas, is of the first import ance. We will endeavor to place this before our readers in as plain, yet as concise a manner as possible. In two cases we shall give a description of the routes, viz: from the city of New York and from the city of Boston. In other cases we shall merely give the routes, line of railroad and where connections may, and in some cases must be made. To give the reader a general idea where Saratoga is, must be our first point. It is near the eastern edge of New York, State and lies north from New York city 183 miles, from Boston west 230 miles, from Niagara Falls, south-east 312 miles, from Montreal due south 200 miles, from Philadelphia 274 miles Washington 412, and from Chicago, via Niagara Falls, 841 miles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.