Join us for walk down memory lane visiting the old hotels, houses, camps, cottages and recreation spots on the beautiful Saratoga lake.
Timeline
1600
1600 – 1700
Mohawk Indians’ hunting territory spans Saratoga Lake area
1684
Mohawks transferred land to speculators
1700
1764
Initial European settlement with 3-4 families
1790s
Fish Creek & Stafford Bridge area settled & first school and mills established
1800
Early 1800s
Famous oarsman Jim Riley opens up first resort
1850
Lake houses flourish, including Moon’s Lake House in 1853
1850
Potato chip invented in Saratoga Springs by “Aunt Katie” Weeks and George “Crum” Speck
1850
Outdoor theatre flourishes in Kaydeross Park
1874
First college regatta in U.S. sponsored by John Morrisey
1875
White Sulfur Spring, a hotel and park took its name from the nearby Springs. It accommodated 100 guests and could be reached by a steamboat, the Lady of the Lake
1881
Lady of the Lake built; had 3 decks and could accommodate 1,500 passengers
1890
Electric railroad opens at 25 cents for 24 miles
1900
1903
First horse trotting races on the lake
1919
Sea Gull, the first hydroplane on Saratoga Lake is built
1920
Gambling flourishes on Saratoga Lake
1931
Road from Saratoga Springs to Lake completed