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22 unusual facts about ''Saratoga''


Barbara Heck

Paul joined the army of Burgoyne, and, while at home on a furlough at the time of the surrender at Saratoga, was arrested by patriot soldiers, but escaped at night while they slept, and made his way through the woods into Canada, where he was joined by his wife.

Boletus subvelutipes

The species was originally described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1889 from specimens collected in Saratoga, New York.

Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

The springs at Bath, in Bristol Township, were popular among wealthy Philadelphians for a while, but lost popularity to the ones in Saratoga, New York.

Edward F. Reilly

Reilly had suffered for some time from "a sort of malaria", and spent the summer of 1890 in Saratoga, the home of his wife.

Erastus Flavel Beadle

Irwin left the company in 1856 and went to the Nebraska Territory where he acted as a secretary for a company settling the town of Saratoga.

Fourstardave Handicap

The Fourstardave is named for the horse once called "The Sultan of Saratoga" because he'd won at least one race at the Saratoga track each year from 1987 to 1994.

Friedrich Baum

Baum served under Major General Friedrich Adolf Riedesel commanding the Dragoon Regiment Prinz Ludwig in support of General John Burgoyne's 1777 campaign to attack the Lake Champlain-Hudson River corridor, which ended in Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga on October 15, 1777.

Gainesway Farm

At the Saratoga Yearling sales in August, Gainesway had a sales topper with a chestnut Mr. Greeley colt that sold for $2.2 million to Team Valor and will be syndicated.

Howard Thomas Orville

He was born in Saratoga, Wyoming, the son of William Orville and Lucy Dale (Wiant).

John Whetton Ehninger

John Whetten Ehninger (July 22, 1827 New York City - January 22, 1889 Saratoga, New York) was a United States painter and etcher.

Lithia Park

Upon analysis, the water was shown to have the second-highest concentration of (presumably beneficial) lithium in any natural spring (the highest being in the famous springs of Saratoga, New York).

Luzerne Music Center

The Philadelphia Orchestra began a summer residency at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in Saratoga, NY in 1966.

National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame

The National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame, in the Saratoga Spa State Park, Saratoga, New York, was established in 1986 and is the only museum in the nation dedicated entirely to dance.

Saratoga, Nebraska Territory

Beadle named the community after his own hometown of Saratoga, New York because the mineral springs are similar to Saratoga Springs, New York.

Saratoga, New York

It is best known as the location that British General John Burgoyne surrendered to American General Horatio Gates at the end of the Battles of Saratoga on October 17, 1777, often cited as the turning point for the United States during the American Revolutionary War.

Saratoga, Virginia

Saratoga is the name of several unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Virginia, United States.

Saratoga, Wyoming

From 1978-1982, Carbon County was represented in the Wyoming House of Representatives by Democrat Thomas E. Trowbridge (1930–2009), a dairy farmer from Saratoga.

Surrender of General Burgoyne

In 1785 he began sketching out ideas for a series of large-scale paintings to commemorate the major events of the American Revolution, and in 1791 he traveled to Saratoga, New York, where he sketched the landscape of the surrender site.

Thomas Peter Lee

In 1903 he moved to Saratoga, Texas, where he gained employment with the newly formed Texas Company, which eventually became Texaco, and when he left that organization ten years later, he had attained the rank of general superintendent of production.

Uncle Mo

After gaining back 110 pounds in two months, he returned to Pletcher's barn at Saratoga on July 11, 2011.

William Kingston Vickery

After retiring from the business in 1912, William and Sarah moved from their home on Kingston Avenue in Piedmont, California to Saratoga, California.

William M. Levy

He was appointed associate justice of the State supreme court in 1879 and served until his death in Saratoga, New York, August 14, 1882.


Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

Two of the Association's early presidents--James O. Broadhead and Henry Hitchcock --met with other lawyers in Saratoga, New York, in 1878 and founded the American Bar Association (ABA).

Battle of Antón Lizardo

USS Saratoga was commanded by Commodore Thomas Turner of the Home Squadron and was manned on average by 200 officers and men.

Carol Brice

Her performances on Broadway included the role of Kakou in the original 1959 cast of Saratoga, the role of Maude in a 1960 revival of Finian's Rainbow, the role of Catherine Creek in the original 1971 musical production of The Grass Harp, and the role of Maria in a 1976 revival of Porgy & Bess.

Carson McCullers

The novella The Ballad of the Sad Café (1951) depicts loneliness and the pain of unrequited love; at the time of its writing, McCullers was a resident at Yaddo, the artists' colony in Saratoga, New York.

Chrysler Saratoga

Differing vehicle safety regulations in the rest of the world versus North America required the Saratoga to have different headlamps and front, side, and rear lights and reflectors, glass, mirrors, seat belts, instrument clusters and radios; engine control units were programmed in accord with European emission standards rather than the North American standards.

Emily Rigl

Her roles included performances in Humpty Dumpty (1868), What Should She Do? (1874, for Daly), The Big Bonanza (1875), Saratoga (1875), Pique (1875, with Maurice Barrymore), The Galley Slave (1879), Mr. Barnes of New York (1888), Devil's Island (1898), and Uncle Tom's Cabin (1901 production).

Eric A. McAfee

In 2005, McAfee and longtime friend, Bob Comes, used their plane to transport firefighters from Saratoga and San Jose along with officials from CityTeam Ministries, a San Jose–based nonprofit Christian ministry that helps the poor, to areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Frank E. Beatty

Two commands followed in succession: first, the nautical school ship Saratoga and then Gloucester, before he became Commander, Naval Base, Culebra, Puerto Rico, in February 1904, with additional duty commanding Gloucester.

George G. Barnard

The Impeachment Court (consisting of the Judges of the New York Court of Appeals and the New York State Senators) convened at Saratoga in July, Lt. Gov. Allen C. Beach presided.

History of papermaking in New York

From Saratoga they drove to Luzerne, at the confluence of the Hudson and Sacandaga Rivers, and learned that spruce was abundantly available in these watersheds.

Howard C. Hillegas

In 1901, after returning from traveling abroad, Hillegas worked for the Saratoga Sun in Saratoga Springs, New York as an editor and publisher.

Karl F. Warner

On Sunday, April 11, 1971, Kathy Bilek, 18, visited Villa Montalvo, in Saratoga, with the intent to read and engage in birdwatching in the seclusion of a remote, wooded portion of the park, near a small stream.

Kenneth McPeek

Kenny currently races primarily at Keeneland, Churchill Downs, Gulfstream Park and Saratoga, as well as keeping a division at his Magdalena Farm in Lexington.

Lenthalls Dam

Other aquatic species which inhabit the lake include Spangled grunter, Saratoga, Krefft's Turtle, Flinders Ranges mogurnda, Rainbow fish, Fire tail gudgeon, Long finned eel and many more.

Light of Saratoga

The "Light of Saratoga" is a legend located in the Big Thicket of Southeast Texas.

NYRA

New York Racing Association, The NY State franchisee which runs racing operations at three New York State Thoroughbred racecourses; Aqueduct, Belmont Park and Saratoga Racecourse.

Paula Winslowe

When actress Jean Harlow died on the set of the film Saratoga in 1937, it was decided that the film, 90% of which was completed, would be finished using a body double (Mary Dees) for Harlow, however Dees's voice was higher than that of Harlow.

Providence Stakes

Saratoga was disqualified to third and Misty Morn went on to be voted the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly after subsequent victories in the Molly Pitcher, Monmouth Oaks and Diana Handicap.

She would upset Saratoga, a horse that had run second on occasion to the Fitzsimmons trained champion Nashua.

Ruler on Ice

He also sired the Grade I winner Toga Toga Toga and Saratoga Gambler before dying in a 2006 barn fire at the JEH Stallion Station in Hondo, New Mexico, that also claimed the life of 1997 Horse of the Year Favorite Trick.

Saratoga County Homestead

The Saratoga County Homestead, or Homestead Sanitarium, was a large Tuberculosis Sanatorium located in Barkersville, in Saratoga County, New York.

Saratoga Race Course

Saratoga Race Course has several nicknames: The Spa (for the nearby mineral springs), the House of Upsets, and the Graveyard of Champions. Famous race horse Man o' War suffered his only defeat in twenty-one starts while racing at Saratoga Race Course; Secretariat was defeated at Saratoga Race Course by Onion, after winning the Triple Crown; and Gallant Fox had been beaten by the 100-1 longshot Jim Dandy in the 1930 Travers Stakes.

Saratoga Springs Public Library

The first library in Saratoga Springs, the Saratoga Athenaeum, was a private subscription library founded in 1885 by a group that included Spencer Trask and Joseph Drexel among others.

Scriptown

Neighborhoods eventually formed from Scriptown included Gifford Park, Kountze Place, Prospect Hill, Saratoga and the Near North Side.

Seth Warner

The two, accompanied by New Hampshire and Vermont militia and Warner’s  Regiment,  operated to the north of Saratoga (today’s Schuylerville), N.Y. They crossed the Hudson River and by the morning of October 13 had occupied a narrow pass between a marsh by the river and a hill that is now called Stark’s Knob.

Sir William Clerke, 8th Baronet

In 1778 he succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his elder brother Francis, who was the favourite aide-de-camp to General John Burgoyne in North America, and was mortally wounded at Saratoga.

Spun Sugar

The three legs were all grade one stakes races that encompassed the Mother Goose at 1-1/8 miles (9 furlongs) and Coaching Club American Oaks at 1-1/4 miles (10 furlongs) at Belmont Park as well as the Alabama Stakes 1-1/4 miles (10 furlongs) at Saratoga.

VFA-37

On 29 Sep 1970, VA-37 participated in an air power demonstration for President Richard Nixon during his two day visit to Saratoga while she steamed in the Med.

Victory, New York

Victory, Saratoga County, New York (A small village in the town of Saratoga, New York)

White Sulphur Spring

Luther operated excursion boats on Saratoga Lake between the hotel and the "Trolley Park", later Kaydeross Park, and Moon's Lake House at the west (that is, north) end of the lake.

William D. Bishop

Bishop carried on his father's railroad enterprises which involved the construction of the Naugatuck and the New York and New Haven Railroads in Connecticut and the railroad between Saratoga Springs and Whitehall in New York.

William West Durant

By 1871, tracks had been laid from Saratoga to North Creek, New York, at which point, financial problems caused the project to stall.