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Timeline of Saratoga Springs, New York

January 01, 1970

The following is a timeline of the history of Saratoga Springs, New York, USA

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 19th century edit

  • 1643 – Father Isaac Jogues reported to have visited the springs for which the city would be so named.[1]
  • 1691 – English settlers build Fort Saratoga.[citation needed]
  • 1767 – William Johnson, a British soldier and hero of the French and Indian Wars, is treated by Native Americans for his war wounds at springs 10 miles (16 km) outside of the village (now known as High Rock Spring).
  • 1775 – The first European-American settler, Dirck Shouten, builds a dwelling near the High Rock Spring. However, he is later forced to relocate on warnings from the Native Americans to stay away from the spring.[1]
  • 1777 – The Battles of Saratoga are fought nearby in the Town of Stillwater.
  • 1783 – George Washington attempts to purchase the High Rock Spring and others.[1]
  • 1789 – Gideon Putnam builds the first hotel for travelers.[1]

19th century edit

  • 1802 – Gideon Putnam constructs the Union Hall hotel near the Congress Spring.[1]
  • 1810 - Population: 1,909.[2]
  • 1811 – Putnam dies of injuries sustained during construction of Congress Hall.[1]
  • 1819 – The Town of Saratoga Spring established; set off from a western portion of the Town of Saratoga.
  • 1824 – The first United States Hotel is built.[1]
  • 1826 – Principal community incorporated as the Village of Saratoga Springs.
  • 1833 - Saratoga and Schenectady Railroad opens for service with steam powered trains.
  • 1853 - Potato chips are created by George Crum at Moon's Lakehouse
  • 1855 - The Saratogian begins publication.
  • 1863 – Saratoga Race Course opens.

20th century edit

  • 1902 - The Adirondack Trust Company is founded.
  • 1903 – Lucy Ann Skidmore founds the Young Woman's Industrial Club.
  • 1911 – The YWIC is chartered as the Skidmore School of Arts.
  • 1913 - Congress Park in its present incarnation is created.
  • 1915
    • April 7: The City of Saratoga Springs is incorporated by charter.[3]
    • June 8: Walter P. Butler is elected the city's first mayor.[3]
    • June 26: The Spencer Trask memorial, The Spirit of Life, is dedicated at Congress Park.[3]
  • 1917 - St. Clements Roman Catholic Church is consecrated, and holds its first Mass.
  • 1918 - Harry Pettee elected mayor[3]
  • 1919 - James D. McNulty elected mayor[4]
  • 1922 – Skidmore College founded.
  • 1923 - Humorist Clarence Knapp elected mayor.[5]
  • 1926 - Yaddo established as an artists' retreat.
  • 1927 - William Eddy elected mayor.[6]
  • 1928 - Population: 14,000.[6]
  • 1935 - Addison Mallery elected mayor; he would become the longest-serving mayor in the city's history.
  • 1937 - Saratoga released.[7]
  • 1941 - June 26: The Saratoga Raceway opens.[8]
  • 1945
    • The second Stewart's Shops opens in Saratoga Springs, following the opening of the first shop in nearby Ballston Spa.[9]
    • The United States Hotel on the corner of Broadway and Division Street is razed.[10]
  • 1946 - Racing resumes at the Saratoga Race Course after three years due to wartime rationing; during that time, all Saratoga races were run at Belmont Park.[11]
  • 1950
  • 1952 - Demolition of the Grand Union Hotel begins[14]
  • 1953 - Meyer Lansky serves his only prison sentence: three months in the Saratoga County Jail for gambling at the Arrowhead Inn.[14]
  • 1955 - The National Museum and Racing Hall of Fame relocates to its current location on Union Avenue, near the Saratoga Race Course.[12]
  • 1957 - A block of buildings on Broadway is destroyed in a massive fire; one police officer is killed.[15][16]
  • 1959 - November 3: James E. Benton elected mayor.[17]
  • 1960 – May 20: Caffè Lena opens for the first time.[17]
  • 1961
  • 1963
    • Saratoga Race Course celebrates its centennial.
    • July 19 – The section of Interstate 87 (the Adirondack Northway) in Saratoga between Exits 14 and 15 is completed.[19]
    • November 5: Arthur J. Kearney elected mayor.[20]
  • 1964 - December 4: Ice storm hits Saratoga Springs[21]
  • 1965
    • November 2 - James A. Murphy elected mayor.[22]
    • November 9 - Saratoga Springs loses electrical power as a result of the Northeast blackout of 1965.
    • November 14 – Convention Hall on Broadway near Congress Park destroyed in fire.[20][16]
  • 1966
  • 1969
    • Saratoga Springs High School relocated to present location between West Avenue and West Circular Street; former site becomes Lake Avenue Elementary School
    • November 4: Sarto Smaldone, owner of the Malta Drive-In, elected mayor.[24]
  • 1970 - The Tin & Lint opens on 2 Caroline Street as "The Bar With No Name".[22]
  • 1973 - November 6: Raymond Watkin elected mayor.[25]
  • 1977 - January 7: The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation is founded.[26]
  • 1979 - November 6: Ellsworth Jones elected mayor; serves in that post for the entire 1980s.[26]
  • 1984 - August 2: Saratoga Springs City Center opens.[26]
  • 1985 - Home Made Theater stages its first performance at the Spa Little Theater: Wait Until Dark
  • 1986
  • 1987 - Kayderosseras Park closes[13]
  • 1989 - November 7: Almeda C. Dake elected mayor; first female mayor in the city's history.[28]
  • 1990 - Population: 25,001.
  • 1995
    • The Saratoga Springs Public Library relocates to its current location on Henry Street.[27]
    • November 7: J. Michael O'Connell elected mayor.[29]
  • 1996 - December 31: Saratoga hosts its first ever "First Night" New Year's Eve celebrations.[29]
  • 1997 - The Pfeil Building opens on Broadway; the mixed-use building is the first to open on Broadway in 50 years.[30]
  • 1999 - November 2: Kenneth Klotz elected mayor[31]

21st century edit

  • 2000
  • 2001 : The Lake Avenue armory becomes home to the New York State Military Museum.[31]
  • 2002[31]
    • June: The carousel formerly at Kayderosseras Park reopens in Congress Park.[27]
    • June: The Saratoga Automobile Museum opens at Saratoga Spa State Park.
    • Fiberglass painted horses appear at various locations downtown.[31]
  • 2003
    • August 14: Saratoga Springs is involved in another major blackout.
    • November 4: Michael Lenz, former Commissioner of Finance, elected mayor.[32]
  • 2004 - January 28: Saratoga Gaming and Raceway opens.[32]
  • 2005 - November 8: Valerie M. Keehn elected mayor.[33]
  • 2007
    • The Ellsworth Ice Cream plant closes after 74 years of operation.[33]
    • November 6: Scott Johnson elected mayor.[33]
  • 2010
    • Population: 26,586.
    • February 5: The Arthur Zankel Music Center opens on the Skidmore campus.
  • 2011
  • 2012
    • July 24: The city's memorial to the September 11 attacks is sited and dedicated at High Rock Park.[34]
    • Market Center Apartments opens on Railroad Place between Division and Church Streets.[34]
    • New parking garage opens on Woodlawn Avenue.
  • 2013
    • Saratoga Race Course celebrates its 150th anniversary.
    • November 5: Joanne Dittes Yepsen elected mayor.[35]
  • 2014
    • August 31: Tom Durkin calls his last race at Saratoga Race Course after 24 years.[35]
  • 2015
    • Saratoga Springs celebrates the centennial of its city charter.
      • Centennial Park and Saratoga Waterfront Park dedicated.
      • June 26: The Spirit of Life statue in Congress Park is renovated.
      • Fall: The High Rock Spring is re-recognized as the origin of the city.
  • 2016
    • Summer: SPAC celebrates its fiftieth anniversary.
  • 2017
    • November 7: Megan Kelly elected mayor.
  • 2018
    • August 17: City Hall catches fire after lightning strikes the building
    • September 3: Sam "The Bugler" Grossman retires after 25 years at the track.
  • 2019
    • November 5: Ron Kim elected mayor.
  • 2020
  • 2021
    • July 15 – September 6: Saratoga Race Course reopens to fans at full capacity with the loosening of COVID-19 restrictions for the 153rd meet
  • 2023
    • November 7: John Safford elected mayor.
  • 2024

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Federal Writers' Project (1940). "Saratoga Springs". New York: A Guide to the Empire State. American Guide Series.
  2. ^ Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Saratoga Springs", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
  3. ^ a b c d Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 112.
  4. ^ Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 114.
  5. ^ Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 115.
  6. ^ a b Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 116.
  7. ^ Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 117.
  8. ^ Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 118.
  9. ^ "Stewart's Shops - timeline". Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  10. ^ Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 119.
  11. ^ Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 120.
  12. ^ a b Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 121.
  13. ^ a b Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 121–22.
  14. ^ a b Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 122.
  15. ^ Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 123.
  16. ^ a b "Fire Ruins Saratoga Convention Hall". The Evening News. Newburgh, N.Y.: Gannett. November 15, 1965. p. 3A. Retrieved August 18, 2015 – via Google News Archive.
  17. ^ a b c Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 124.
  18. ^ a b Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 125.
  19. ^ "Two Major Expressways Are Half-Way Completed". Evening Recorder. Amsterdam, NY. July 17, 1963. p. 8.
  20. ^ a b Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 126.
  21. ^ Wildy, Red (December 9, 1964). "Saratoga Co. Reports 1st Storm Fatality". Schenectady Gazette. Schenectady, N.Y. p. 11. Retrieved December 5, 2015 – via Google News Archive.
  22. ^ a b Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 127.
  23. ^ a b "Skidmore Centennial". Skidmore College. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  24. ^ Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 128.
  25. ^ Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 129.
  26. ^ a b c Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 130.
  27. ^ a b c d Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 131.
  28. ^ Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 132.
  29. ^ a b Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 133.
  30. ^ Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 134.
  31. ^ a b c d Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 135.
  32. ^ a b Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 136.
  33. ^ a b c Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 137.
  34. ^ a b Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 138.
  35. ^ a b Dimopoulos 2015, pp. 139.

Further reading edit

Published in the 19th century
  • "Saratoga Springs". A Gazetteer of the State of New York. J. Disturnell. 1842.
  • Joseph Sabin, ed. (1889). "Saratoga, N.Y.". Bibliotheca Americana. Vol. 18. New York. OCLC 13972268.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Published in the 20th century
Published in the 21st century
  • Dimopoulos, Thomas (2015). Saratoga Stories: Magic and Loss. Manchester, Vt.: Shires Press. ISBN 978-1-60571-260-4. OCLC 2015940720.
  • Field Horne (2004). The Saratoga Reader: Writing About an American Village, 1749-1900. Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: Kiskatom Publishing. ISBN 978-0-97479-850-9. OCLC 55880580.
  • Field Horne, ed. (2015). Saratoga Springs: A Centennial History. Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: Kiskatom Publishing. ISBN 978-0-97479-858-5. OCLC 913522876.

January 01, 1970
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The following is a timeline of the history of Saratoga Springs New York USA This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Contents 1 Prior to 19th century 2 19th century 3 20th century 4 21st century 5 See also 6 References 7 Further readingPrior to 19th century edit1643 Father Isaac Jogues reported to have visited the springs for which the city would be so named 1 1691 English settlers build Fort Saratoga citation needed 1767 William Johnson a British soldier and hero of the French and Indian Wars is treated by Native Americans for his war wounds at springs 10 miles 16 km outside of the village now known as High Rock Spring 1775 The first European American settler Dirck Shouten builds a dwelling near the High Rock Spring However he is later forced to relocate on warnings from the Native Americans to stay away from the spring 1 1777 The Battles of Saratoga are fought nearby in the Town of Stillwater 1783 George Washington attempts to purchase the High Rock Spring and others 1 1789 Gideon Putnam builds the first hotel for travelers 1 19th century edit1802 Gideon Putnam constructs the Union Hall hotel near the Congress Spring 1 1810 Population 1 909 2 1811 Putnam dies of injuries sustained during construction of Congress Hall 1 1819 The Town of Saratoga Spring established set off from a western portion of the Town of Saratoga 1824 The first United States Hotel is built 1 1826 Principal community incorporated as the Village of Saratoga Springs 1833 Saratoga and Schenectady Railroad opens for service with steam powered trains 1853 Potato chips are created by George Crum at Moon s Lakehouse 1855 The Saratogian begins publication 1863 Saratoga Race Course opens 20th century edit1902 The Adirondack Trust Company is founded 1903 Lucy Ann Skidmore founds the Young Woman s Industrial Club 1911 The YWIC is chartered as the Skidmore School of Arts 1913 Congress Park in its present incarnation is created 1915 April 7 The City of Saratoga Springs is incorporated by charter 3 June 8 Walter P Butler is elected the city s first mayor 3 June 26 The Spencer Trask memorial The Spirit of Life is dedicated at Congress Park 3 1917 St Clements Roman Catholic Church is consecrated and holds its first Mass 1918 Harry Pettee elected mayor 3 1919 James D McNulty elected mayor 4 1922 Skidmore College founded 1923 Humorist Clarence Knapp elected mayor 5 1926 Yaddo established as an artists retreat 1927 William Eddy elected mayor 6 1928 Population 14 000 6 1935 Addison Mallery elected mayor he would become the longest serving mayor in the city s history 1937 Saratoga released 7 1941 June 26 The Saratoga Raceway opens 8 1945 The second Stewart s Shops opens in Saratoga Springs following the opening of the first shop in nearby Ballston Spa 9 The United States Hotel on the corner of Broadway and Division Street is razed 10 1946 Racing resumes at the Saratoga Race Course after three years due to wartime rationing during that time all Saratoga races were run at Belmont Park 11 1950 August 1 The National Racing Museum and Hall of Fame opens at the Canfield Casino 12 The Saratoga Springs Public Library opens on the corner of Broadway and Spring Street near Congress Park 13 1952 Demolition of the Grand Union Hotel begins 14 1953 Meyer Lansky serves his only prison sentence three months in the Saratoga County Jail for gambling at the Arrowhead Inn 14 1955 The National Museum and Racing Hall of Fame relocates to its current location on Union Avenue near the Saratoga Race Course 12 1957 A block of buildings on Broadway is destroyed in a massive fire one police officer is killed 15 16 1959 November 3 James E Benton elected mayor 17 1960 May 20 Caffe Lena opens for the first time 17 1961 The Saratoga Springs train station opens at its current location off West Avenue 17 June Bob Dylan first performs at Caffe Lena 18 October 28 Skidmore College acquires the 850 acre 3 4 km2 Jonsson Campus in the former Woodlawn Park 18 1963 Saratoga Race Course celebrates its centennial July 19 The section of Interstate 87 the Adirondack Northway in Saratoga between Exits 14 and 15 is completed 19 November 5 Arthur J Kearney elected mayor 20 1964 December 4 Ice storm hits Saratoga Springs 21 1965 November 2 James A Murphy elected mayor 22 November 9 Saratoga Springs loses electrical power as a result of the Northeast blackout of 1965 November 14 Convention Hall on Broadway near Congress Park destroyed in fire 20 16 1966 Skidmore College opens its first buildings on the uptown Jonsson Campus off North Broadway the move would take seven years to reach completion 23 July 8 Saratoga Performing Arts Center SPAC opens with a performance of Shakespeare s A Midsummer Night s Dream 1969 Saratoga Springs High School relocated to present location between West Avenue and West Circular Street former site becomes Lake Avenue Elementary School November 4 Sarto Smaldone owner of the Malta Drive In elected mayor 24 1970 The Tin amp Lint opens on 2 Caroline Street as The Bar With No Name 22 1973 November 6 Raymond Watkin elected mayor 25 1977 January 7 The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation is founded 26 1979 November 6 Ellsworth Jones elected mayor serves in that post for the entire 1980s 26 1984 August 2 Saratoga Springs City Center opens 26 1985 Home Made Theater stages its first performance at the Spa Little Theater Wait Until Dark 1986 The National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame opens 27 First running of the Head of the Fish regatta at Saratoga Lake 27 1987 Kayderosseras Park closes 13 1989 November 7 Almeda C Dake elected mayor first female mayor in the city s history 28 1990 Population 25 001 1995 The Saratoga Springs Public Library relocates to its current location on Henry Street 27 November 7 J Michael O Connell elected mayor 29 1996 December 31 Saratoga hosts its first ever First Night New Year s Eve celebrations 29 1997 The Pfeil Building opens on Broadway the mixed use building is the first to open on Broadway in 50 years 30 1999 November 2 Kenneth Klotz elected mayor 31 21st century edit2000 Population 26 186 The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery opens on the Skidmore College campus 23 2001 The Lake Avenue armory becomes home to the New York State Military Museum 31 2002 31 June The carousel formerly at Kayderosseras Park reopens in Congress Park 27 June The Saratoga Automobile Museum opens at Saratoga Spa State Park Fiberglass painted horses appear at various locations downtown 31 2003 August 14 Saratoga Springs is involved in another major blackout November 4 Michael Lenz former Commissioner of Finance elected mayor 32 2004 January 28 Saratoga Gaming and Raceway opens 32 2005 November 8 Valerie M Keehn elected mayor 33 2007 The Ellsworth Ice Cream plant closes after 74 years of operation 33 November 6 Scott Johnson elected mayor 33 2010 Population 26 586 February 5 The Arthur Zankel Music Center opens on the Skidmore campus 2011 Saratoga Gaming and Raceway becomes Saratoga Casino and Raceway August 28 Three quarters of Saratoga Springs loses electricity and the card at Saratoga Race Course is cancelled during Hurricane Irene 2012 July 24 The city s memorial to the September 11 attacks is sited and dedicated at High Rock Park 34 Market Center Apartments opens on Railroad Place between Division and Church Streets 34 New parking garage opens on Woodlawn Avenue 2013 Saratoga Race Course celebrates its 150th anniversary November 5 Joanne Dittes Yepsen elected mayor 35 2014 August 31 Tom Durkin calls his last race at Saratoga Race Course after 24 years 35 2015 Saratoga Springs celebrates the centennial of its city charter Centennial Park and Saratoga Waterfront Park dedicated June 26 The Spirit of Life statue in Congress Park is renovated Fall The High Rock Spring is re recognized as the origin of the city 2016 Summer SPAC celebrates its fiftieth anniversary 2017 November 7 Megan Kelly elected mayor 2018 August 17 City Hall catches fire after lightning strikes the building September 3 Sam The Bugler Grossman retires after 25 years at the track 2019 November 5 Ron Kim elected mayor 2020 Population 28 491 COVID 19 pandemic in New York state Saratoga Performing Arts Center season cancelled for the first time ever July 16 September 7 The 152nd Saratoga Race Course meet is run without fans in attendance 2021 July 15 September 6 Saratoga Race Course reopens to fans at full capacity with the loosening of COVID 19 restrictions for the 153rd meet 2023 November 7 John Safford elected mayor 2024 June 8 Belmont Stakes to be run at Saratoga Race Course for the first time ever due to renovations at Belmont ParkSee also editTimelines of other cities in New York state Buffalo New York City also Bronx Brooklyn Queens References edit a b c d e f g Federal Writers Project 1940 Saratoga Springs New York A Guide to the Empire State American Guide Series Jedidiah Morse Richard C Morse 1823 Saratoga Springs A New Universal Gazetteer 4th ed New Haven S Converse a b c d Dimopoulos 2015 pp 112 Dimopoulos 2015 pp 114 Dimopoulos 2015 pp 115 a b Dimopoulos 2015 pp 116 Dimopoulos 2015 pp 117 Dimopoulos 2015 pp 118 Stewart s Shops timeline Retrieved August 16 2015 Dimopoulos 2015 pp 119 Dimopoulos 2015 pp 120 a b Dimopoulos 2015 pp 121 a b Dimopoulos 2015 pp 121 22 a b Dimopoulos 2015 pp 122 Dimopoulos 2015 pp 123 a b Fire Ruins Saratoga Convention Hall The Evening News Newburgh N Y Gannett November 15 1965 p 3A Retrieved August 18 2015 via Google News Archive a b c Dimopoulos 2015 pp 124 a b Dimopoulos 2015 pp 125 Two Major Expressways Are Half Way Completed Evening Recorder Amsterdam NY July 17 1963 p 8 a b Dimopoulos 2015 pp 126 Wildy Red December 9 1964 Saratoga Co Reports 1st Storm Fatality Schenectady Gazette Schenectady N Y p 11 Retrieved December 5 2015 via Google News Archive a b Dimopoulos 2015 pp 127 a b Skidmore Centennial Skidmore College Retrieved October 15 2016 Dimopoulos 2015 pp 128 Dimopoulos 2015 pp 129 a b c Dimopoulos 2015 pp 130 a b c d Dimopoulos 2015 pp 131 Dimopoulos 2015 pp 132 a b Dimopoulos 2015 pp 133 Dimopoulos 2015 pp 134 a b c d Dimopoulos 2015 pp 135 a b Dimopoulos 2015 pp 136 a b c Dimopoulos 2015 pp 137 a b Dimopoulos 2015 pp 138 a b Dimopoulos 2015 pp 139 Further reading editPublished in the 19th century Saratoga Springs A Gazetteer of the State of New York J Disturnell 1842 Joseph Sabin ed 1889 Saratoga N Y Bibliotheca Americana Vol 18 New York OCLC 13972268 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Published in the 20th century Federal Writers Project 1940 Saratoga Springs New York A Guide to the Empire State American Guide Series hdl 2027 mdp 39015008915889 Published in the 21st century Dimopoulos Thomas 2015 Saratoga Stories Magic and Loss Manchester Vt Shires Press ISBN 978 1 60571 260 4 OCLC 2015940720 Field Horne 2004 The Saratoga Reader Writing About an American Village 1749 1900 Saratoga Springs N Y Kiskatom Publishing ISBN 978 0 97479 850 9 OCLC 55880580 Field Horne ed 2015 Saratoga Springs A Centennial History Saratoga Springs N Y Kiskatom Publishing ISBN 978 0 97479 858 5 OCLC 913522876 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Timeline of Saratoga Springs New York amp oldid 1208431158, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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