Saratoga Springs

Saratoga Springs, one of the chief watering-places in the United States, is in New York, 38 miles by rail N. of Albany. It contains more than a score of mineral springs, whose waters, prescribed in diseases of the liver, chronic dyspepsia, &c., are bottled in large quantities for exportation. In the village are a large number of hotels, some accommodating over 1000 guests. There is a race-track, and regattas are held on Saratoga Lake, 4 miles distant. Twelve miles to the east a handsome obelisk (1877), 155 feet high, on a bluff 350 feet above the Hudson River and overlooking the scene, commemorates the surrender of Burgoyne (q.v.) to Gates, on October 17, 1777. Pop. (1890) 11,975.