The mineral springs of the United States and Canada : with analyses and notes on the prominent spas of Europe, and a list of sea-side resorts / by Geo. E. Walton.

  • Walton, George E. (George Edward), 1839-1917.
Date:
1874
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Credit: The mineral springs of the United States and Canada : with analyses and notes on the prominent spas of Europe, and a list of sea-side resorts / by Geo. E. Walton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    ing hours, visitors congregate at the spring, drink of the wa- ters, and stroll along the beautiful walks, beneath the shade of ancient forest-trees. It is needless to say that here amusements of society, in every form, prevail; for the word Saratoga, whenever spoken, calls up visions of the dance, of walks and drives, of 'boating and fishing, and, unfortunately too often, of those dissipations which seem inseparable from civilization. The principal drive is that to Moon's Lake House, four miles distant, on the shore of Saratoga Lake. From this point there is a pleasing view of this beautiful sheet of water. The lake is nine miles long and between four and five miles wide, oppo- site Snake Hill. A drive along the lake-shore is exceedingly attractive. An excursion steam-yacht, from the Lake House, makes frequent trips to interesting points. The avenue known as the Mountain Drive, extending northward from Broadway, leads to Mitchell's Glen House, a famous resort. A drive of sixteen miles on the Mount Pleasant road brings one to Pros- pect or Waring Sill, said to be 2,000 feet above the sea, and commanding an extended view. At Chapman's Sill, a mile beyond the Lake House, there is a fine view. The hill is 180 feet above the lake. Wagman's Hill, three miles farther, is sixty feet higher. Sagerty Hill, six miles northward from the springs, on the road to Luzerne, gives a fine landscape view. Semis's Heights, the scene of the famous engagement between Burgoyne and General Gates, is in the town of Stillwater, fifteen miles from the springs. EXCELSIOR SPRING-. Location.—Syracuse, New York. Analysis.—This is a pleasant saline water. BALLSTON SPA. Location and Post-Office.—Ballston, Saratoga County, New York. Access.—From Albany, via Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad, twenty-six miles north, to the springs. From the north and Lake Champlain, cars may