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That relate to the city of Saratoga Springs specifically. The exhibit we will be going through is our orientation exhibit. It tells the story from prehistoric times always through the 20th century. The first part of the exhibit is one of the most important parts about saratoga is the spring water. They believed it had healing properties. There was a spring called high rock spring. The natives came to drink the water and also hunted in the area around saratoga lake. We have artifacts related to the native americans. Some go back thousands of years. One that we would like to show here is a piece of the deposit from high rock spring. If you were to visit the spring today, it looks like a small volcano. Through the 19th century the people would chip pieces away to take home as souvenirs. We were able to get this back and keep it as an exhibit in the museum. The First Permanent settlers in Saratoga Springs were in the 1780s. Gideon putnam built a tavern and boarding house on what is now bro
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Saturday, June 1, 2024NATIONAL TRAILS DAY HIKE: At Moreau Lake State Park, 9am. Join a Moreau Lake State Park environmental educator on an intermediate/difficult hike through Moreau’s woods-home to 6,900 acres of land and over 35 miles of trails to hike! This loop trail we will hike is approximately 6.3 miles on our Lake Bonita, […]