• Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar

New York Almanack

History, Natural History & the Arts

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Adirondacks & NNY
  • Capital-Saratoga
  • Mohawk Valley
  • Hudson Valley & Catskills
  • NYC & Long Island
  • Western NY
  • History
  • Nature & Environment
  • Arts & Culture
  • Outdoor Recreation
  • Food & Farms
  • Subscribe
  • Support
  • Submit
  • About
  • New Books
  • Events
  • Podcasts

Ballston Spa

Abner Doubleday’s 200th Birthday Celebration Set For Ballston Spa

June 23, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

doubleday birthdayMembers of the Saratoga County History Roundtable and Brookside Museum are set to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Abner Doubleday’s birth on June 26, 2019 in Ballston Spa. [Read more…] about Abner Doubleday’s 200th Birthday Celebration Set For Ballston Spa

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Ballston Spa, Baseball, Saratoga County History Roundtable, sports, Sports History

Forgotten Railroads of Saratoga Co Talk Set

June 6, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

saratoga county history roundtableThe Saratoga County History Roundtable is set to present a program on a forgotten Saratoga County railroad on Thursday, June 13 at 7 pm, at Brookside Museum, 6 Charlton Street, in Ballston Spa. [Read more…] about Forgotten Railroads of Saratoga Co Talk Set

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Ballston Spa, Civil War, Military History, railroads, Saratoga County

Saratoga County History Roundtable Formed

May 6, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

saratoga county history roundtableThe Ballston Area History Roundtable has announced they have changed their name to the Saratoga County History Roundtable. The new name is in recognition of the expansion of the membership, programs, and community history-related projects of the group.

The mission of the organization is to deepen the understanding of local history through presentations, discussion groups and research by history buffs throughout Saratoga County. [Read more…] about Saratoga County History Roundtable Formed

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Ballston Spa, Public History, Saratoga County, Saratoga County History Roundtable

Race and Prejudice in Ante-Bellum Saratoga County

January 31, 2019 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

BAHRThe Ballston Area History Roundtable is set to commemorate Black History Month with a program entitled “Race and Prejudice in Ante-Bellum Saratoga County” on Wednesday, February 13, at 7 pm, at Brookside Museum, 6 Charlton Street, Ballston Spa. [Read more…] about Race and Prejudice in Ante-Bellum Saratoga County

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Ballston Spa, Saratoga, Saratoga County

Ballston Spa Village Cemetery Tour July 21

July 11, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

ballston cemeteryOn Saturday July 21 at 11 am, David Fiske is set to lead a walking tour at the Ballston Spa Village Cemetery. During the one-hour tour, participants will view the grave sites of some important industrialists from Ballston Spa’s history, while Fiske tells their stories.

Among the individuals highlighted will be some early industrialists, such as Isaiah Blood and George West. Also included will be more recent business people, notably Donald K. Stewart, the founder of the local dairy outlet that later became the convenience store chain. [Read more…] about Ballston Spa Village Cemetery Tour July 21

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Ballston Spa, Cemeteries

Town of Milton History on The Historians Podcast

February 19, 2016 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on “The Historians” podcast Timothy Starr talks about his book, Around Milton (Arcadia, 2015).

The town of Milton’s only village, Ballston Spa, once attracted many tourists to its mineral springs. Later it was home to a manufacturer known as “the paper bag king.”  Starr has written 15 books on Saratoga County and Capital Region topics, focusing on railroads, inventions, and industries. You can listen to the entire podcast here. [Read more…] about Town of Milton History on The Historians Podcast

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Ballston Spa, Milton, Podcasts, Saratoga County

The Historians: David Fisk On Ballston Spa

May 1, 2015 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week “The Historians” podcast features historian David Fiske with the story of the chocolate factory that used to be located in Ballston Spa. Fiske also has the latest on his research of the Ballston Spa trial of Solomon Northup’s kidnappers. Fiske was one of the coauthors of Solomon Northup: The Complete Story of the Author of “Twelve Years a Slave” (Praeger, 2013) Listen at “The Historians” online archive at http://www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians/
[Read more…] about The Historians: David Fisk On Ballston Spa

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Ballston Spa, Podcasts, The Historians

Villa Balsamo: A Saratoga County Landmark

January 6, 2015 by Bob Cudmore 2 Comments

Villa BalsamoA man who started in the knitting business in Amsterdam built the lavish structure now known as Villa Balsamo restaurant off Route 50 between Ballston Spa and Saratoga Springs.

According to historian David Fiske, Floyd J. Shutts was stymied by Amsterdam officials in 1918 when he tried to add on to his factory on Wall Street. Turned down in Amsterdam, Shutts bought property on Saratoga Avenue in Ballston Spa and opened the Ballston Knitting Company in 1920. [Read more…] about Villa Balsamo: A Saratoga County Landmark

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Amsterdam, Ballston Spa, Culinary History, Gambling, Historic Preservation, Industrial History, Saratoga County

The Historians: Ballston Spa Hangings; 20th c. Pop Culture

October 31, 2014 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on “The Historians” radio program, David Fiske of Saratoga County with stories of two 19th century hangings in Ballston Spa.  In the second half of the show I talk with pianist Stan Wiest who has tales about life on the road as a musician in the 20th century.

Listen to the whole program at “The Historians” online archive at http://www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians/
[Read more…] about The Historians: Ballston Spa Hangings; 20th c. Pop Culture

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Ballston Spa, Crime and Justice, Music, Musical History, Performing Arts, Podcasts, The Historians

Saratoga County:
A Future Black Congressman Faces Discrimination

February 13, 2014 by David Fiske Leave a Comment

langstonportraitJohn W. Fowler’s law school, called the State and National Law School, was ahead of its time in the field of legal education in the 19th Century. He founded the school in Cherry Valley, New York, in 1847, and moved it to Ballston Spa a few years later, where it was housed in the former Sans Souci Hotel.

Contrary to the normal practice, at that time, of lawyers being trained by “reading law,” Fowler’s school offered courses in extemporaneous speaking and debating, and utilized mock trials to allow students to hone their courtroom skills. The school received much positive attention from the legal community, including South Carolina’s John C. Calhoun. [Read more…] about Saratoga County:
A Future Black Congressman Faces Discrimination

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga Tagged With: Ballston Spa, Black History, Civil Rights, Legal History, Political History, Saratoga County, Saratoga Springs

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 3
  • Go to page 4
  • Go to page 5

Primary Sidebar

Support Our 2022 Fundraising

Subscribe to New York Almanack

Subscribe! Follow the New York Almanack each day via E-mail, RSS, Twitter or Facebook updates.

Recent Comments

  • Dave Waite on Alfred Billings Street: Albany’s 19th Century State Poet
  • Filly on Albany’s Ira Harris: From Rights Advocate to Lincoln’s Assassination
  • Laura on In Haverstraw, The House That Inspired Hitchcock
  • N. Couture on Mary Zawacki On Mohawk River History (The Historians Podcast)
  • Edythe Ann Quinn on Poetry: Local But Epic
  • Audrey on The Return of River Otters to Western New York
  • Mark Weinheimer on Vischer Ferry As A Summer Resort
  • Dave J on Remembering Amsterdam’s Bishop Scully HS
  • Dave Wallace on Stewards of the Water: A Lake George Conservation History
  • Marcy D H McKee on Revolutionary Albany: Organizing The Committee of Safety, Protection and Correspondence

Recent New York Books

vintage babes of broadway book
Mission Begin With Blood
Special Delivery book
killing time in the catskills
the soft city book
occupied america
stewards of the water
off the northway
Horse Racing the Chicago Way

Secondary Sidebar

preservation league
Protect the Adirondacks Hiking Guide