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Title: Summer tours via the Michigan central, "The Niagara Falls route" ..
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Michigan central railroad company. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Summer resorts
Publisher: (n.p.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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, whose wild gorges, towering cliffs, and snowy cascades rival thoseof Watkins Glen and the Au Sable; and at Rouses Point connection is madewith the DelaAvare & Hudson, which follows the western shore of Lake Cham-plain to Lake George and Saratoga. From the south the most picturesque points may be easily reached bythe D. & H. from Schenectady or Albany, via Saratoga and Lake George. Fifteen miles from Schenectady, we come to Ballston Spa, with its valu-able saUne springs. In a few minutes more we reach Saratoga Springs, themost popular and fashionable resort on the continent. The village, which isexceedingly beautiful, has a resident population of twelve thousand, and asummer iDopulation often of five times that number. It claims, with much justice,to offer more attractions than any other watering-place in the world, andis charmingly located, surrounded by beautiful scenery. There are twenty-eight springs in the village, no two precisely alike; the hotels are colossal and (29)
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The Chateaugay Cahsm. TJie Adirondacks. 31 magnificent, the boarding houses numerous and excellent, and the facilities foramusement illimitable. The Avalks and drives are full of interest, that to thebeautiful Saratoga Lake, four miles distant, over a fine macadamized road,divided in the center by a row of shade trees, being the most noted. A narrow-gauge raihoad, ten miles long, runs to the summit of Moimt Mc-Gregor, which affords extended views of the valley of the Hudson, and thebattle-fields of Bemis Heights and Saratoga. The main line of theD. & H.runs south to Albany, and the Adirondack Railroad follows the upper Hudson toTSTorth Creek, fifty-seven mUes from Saratoga, whence stages run tMrty milesfurther to Blue Mountain Lake. The little steamers will take the tomist throughBlue Mountain, Raquette, and Forked Lakes, whence he may retiun eitherby the same route or by the semi-weekly stage. At Hadley, passengers leavethe train for Lake Luzerne, just across the Hudson; and at R

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