It was an exciting day for all Ballstonians when Jack Johnson stopped in the village on October 8, 1910. Johnson was the heavyweight champion of the world when he and […]

Several people in a large open touring car in front of Saratoga Monument in the Town of Saratoga. The Saratoga Monument was first conceived in the middle of the nineteenth

Pictured below is a view of parlor room of the Utopian Club. In the background in another room is group of men playing cards. The Utopian Club was organized in September,

Below is a photo of the monument to Col. Abraham Ten Broeck and Albany County Militia, erected in 1917 by Philip Livingston. This monument can be found at the Saratoga Battlefield.  

Snapshot of Ralph B. Post, a long-time doctor in Ballston Spa. Dr. Ralph B. Post was born on January 23, 1888 and trained at Albany Medical School.  Following service in

Hope everyone had a good labor day! Here is what the Labor Day Parade in Ballston Spa looked like back in 1911. Pictured is the marching band headed through town.

Stereoscope (only one half pictured) of ostrich harnessed to a cart on a Jacksonville, Florida ostrich farm.  One of the more interesting footnotes to Saratoga’s history is the short-lived ostrich

In 1899 the American Hide and Leather Company purchased the Ballston Spa tannery from Hall, Haight & Co. At its height, the plant at Ballston Spa could store 125 carloads

Pictured below is the Elmwood Farm House, from the Lucy Stever Collection. Elmwood Farm was located on Middle Line Road. This photo was taken on August 6, 1932.