And his family was facing serious financial problems. At this point in his life, he was a man trying the take care of his family. And we get to tell a story here that most people dont know about. Welcome to Saratoga Springs on booktv. Located about four hours north of new york city, it has a population of about 27,000. Named for the numerous springs in the area, early settlers flocked here to experience the therapeutic effects of the natural mineral waters. Today Saratoga Springs is a popular Tourist Destination with its spas, revolutionary war history and horse racing. With the help of our spectrum cable partners, for the next 90 minutes well learn about the citys history and feature its Literary History including Andrew Mckenna on his battle with opioid addiction. Growing up, i thought the person who was addicted to heroin was under a bridge somewhere with, right . And was pushing a shopping cart around or Something Like that. Thats not the case. One of the most abused drugs right no
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
Washington right. Custer,ard george 80 miles september of here. You can go visit here. Sheridan, all, have ohio roots. One way or another. Raised here. R as a friend mississippi said, of bloody bastards from your state. I guess it depends on what side youre on. Bookuestion i get about my is why is that the title . Makes your book the real custer. Easy way to answer that question is to say, thats what the publisher wanted. Rather more like a question. Who was the real custer. Know about this guy . So pervasiven is when he talk about George Custer. Whole man. He thats not the case. He had a whole life and a whole character and he was a whole person. Really the book is about trying to get to the root of that question. Who was this man . If we can strip away all of the things that have been written since then. The history everything else. Just really talk about the man himself. Its supposedwhat out. Hes more famous today. Mentioned today in books than he was at the height fame. Hes more me
Because it is the oldest sport in the country. Itself saw just about every racehorse that ever lived. Not all of them, but most of them. The New York Times magazine said that the battles for saratoga were the most important battles ever fought in the entire world in the last 1000 years because they resulted in surrender. It was the First Time Ever in World History that a british army surrendered. Welcome to Saratoga Springs, on American History tv. Healing mineral waters, revolutionary war battles, and worldrenowned horseracing are all part of the citys history. It is located about four hours north of new york city, and has a population of about 27,000. With the help of our spectrum Cable Partners, for the next 75 minutes we will learn about the citys history, including its connection to civil war and american president ulysses s. Grant. We begin our special feature on the battlefield that changed the tide in the revolutionary war. The New York Times magazine said the battles for sarat
For joining us im nicole brewer. We should mention some schools have canceled testing today. Youll she information at the bottom of your screen, also on line at cbsphilly. Com. We will have live team three coverage for you of weather this morning, Steve Patterson in in bucks county. Well check if with meteorologist Carol Erickson in the cbs3 mobile weather lab in just a minute. First the very late west meteorologist, Katie Fehlinger, track the storm for thus morning katie . We have seen impressive snowfall totals out of the moisture rich systemment i can report at this hour, thankfully the brunt of the moisture actually beginning at least to pull away. Now, were still going to be left with lingering sort of just left over showers and rain and snow bands that come through here. Sort of punctuated throughout the day. And youll get few breaks, then start to seymour precipitation moving through. But bullet being of now through. Lets go ahead take you out there. I want to show you how weve