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About Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs is a beautiful, thriving community in northern New York State with a population of around 28,000. Steeped in history, it has been a popular resort area for the rich and famous for more than 150 years, and for untold centuries before that, Saratoga Springs was a sacred healing site for the native Iroquois. Saratoga Springs is widely known for it's natural mineral springs and famous mineral baths, for horse racing, for it's stunning Victorian mansions and architecture. Saratoga Springs is also an important cultural destination. Home to Skidmore College, a highly competitive liberal arts college of about 2,300 students, Saratoga Springs is the cultural hub of upstate New York. And, by the way, the potato chip was invented in Saratoga Springs too.SaratogaNow has several sections devoted to giving exposure to local Saratoga Springs area artists and to the Saratoga arts scene in general. We are a portal site pulling together useful local information from scattered sources to save you time and keep you on top of what's happening in the community. We have links to many of the best local Saratoga Springs websites with information or links related to the arts, including the Saratoga County Chamber, the Saratoga Convention & Tourism Bureau, and the City of Saratoga Springs official site, and we will be adding more information and links all the time both in our database directory and on the pages. More...
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Saratoga Springs Arts & Culture
There is always something happening in Saratoga Springs, a Victorian City where culture shines! Music and Theater flourish at Preservation Hall, Performing Arts at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), and Homemade Theatre. The new Art District on Beekman Street and the Film Forum are unique to our city. Museums including the National Museum of Dance, the Saratoga Auto Museum, The Children's Museum at Saratoga, the Saratoga Springs History Museum, the New York State Military Museum regularly schedule special exhibitions and present a variety of fun and educational programs for all ages. From the Art Center, to small galleries, to the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, arts around the city feature work by both new and established artists. Historic Preservation and the Vistors Center bring the past to the present. So whether you're looking for performing arts or visual arts, cultures past or present, you're sure to find them in Saratoga springs.
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Saratoga Race Course
The Saratoga Race Course is the oldest continuously operating race track in America. The first thoroughbred race in America was held in Saratoga Springs in 1847, and the first National Thoroughbred race took place in Saratoga Springs on August 3, 1863.(ref) The first meet was organized by John Morrisey, William Travers and Leonard Jerome. It was a big success and was moved to it's present location the next year. The Saratoga Race Course continues to be one of the most important tracks in America.
In 1903, Lucy Skidmore Scribner founded The Young Women's Industrial Club in Saratoga Springs to teach women skills to make them self supporting. From the start, it's cultural perspective was inclusive. It's constitution declared that the club "shall be non-sectarian and open to girls and young women of good character, Protestant or Catholic, White, Negro, or Indian. Today, Skidmore College is a highly competitive liberal arts college of about 2,300 students and ranks #41 in the U.S. News and World Report's 2006 Best Liberal Arts Colleges in America.
Saratoga Springs History
The Saratoga Springs area was the hunting ground of the Iroquois Indians, who called the place "Sarachtogue", "hillside of a great river," "place of the swift water." It has been proposed that the salty mineral waters attracted many animals and may have been one reason the hunting was good.
On October 17, 1777, the British Army was defeated in the final Battle of Saratoga when nearly 20,000 men surrounded General John Burgoyne and his exhausted army. Faced with such overwhelming numbers, Burgoyne surrendered. The surrender of a British and German army of 5,000 men at Saratoga has always been considered the turning point of the American Revolution. In fact, The Battles of Saratoga rank among the fifteen most decisive battles in world history. (ref) more...
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