Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Saratoga County, NY Events Date Type 08/07/1867 - 08/09/1867 In New York, the summer horse racing meeting at Saratoga is under way. Education/Culture 05/29/1866 In Saratoga, New York, the Congress Hall Hotel burns to the ground the day before its annual opening Crime/Disasters 08/07/1865 In upstate New York, the annual six-day horse racing meeting opens at Saratoga Education/Culture 07/27/1865 Ulysses S. Grant arrives at the resort in Saratoga, New York on the next stage of his victory tour Personal People Birthplace of Chaffee, Calvin Clifford Burial Place of Marvin, James Madison Documents Date Title 06/20/1854 Richmond (VA) Dispatch, "The Northern Springs," June 20, 1854 06/02/1861 New York Herald, “Our Fashionable Summer Resorts,” June 2, 1861 Images Union Hotel, Saratoga, New York, front view, artist's impression, zoomable image Union Hotel, Saratoga, New York, front view, artist's impression, detail Grounds of the Union Hotel, Saratoga, June 1865, artist's impression Winslow Homer, "Our Watering Places - Horse Racing at Saratoga," Harper's Weekly Magazine, August 1865 Horse racing at Saratoga, New York, August 9, 1867, artist's impression.
Winslow Homer, "Our Watering Places - Horse Racing at Saratoga," Harper's Weekly Magazine, August 1865
