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THE STRUGGLE FOR THE GREAT WATERWAYS
By ELLEN HARDIN WALWORTH
There are names which are more than
famous—they have a distinct individuality;
their sound to the ear or appearance on the page
arrests attention, arouses interest, and presents
a clear picture to the mind. Such a name is
Saratoga, with its romantic record, its picturesque
scenery, and its beautiful village,—the
"Queen of Spas." Nature has furnished Saratoga
with a regal setting on the lower spurs of
the Adirondack Mountains, the last elevations
of the Palmertown range, on the edge of the
world's first continent.
Here where the Laurentian rocks stand out boldly over the sands of the old Silurian sea, and where the mighty waterways sweep down from the great northern gulf southward, and from the great northwestern lakes eastward, lies
