QUAKER SPRINGS
- Program
- Subject
- Location
- Lat/Long
- Grant Recipient
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Legends & Lore®
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Folklore
- Quaker Springs Road, Saratoga, NY
- 43.040206, -73.640583
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Town of Saratoga
QUAKER SPRINGS
Inscription
QUAKER SPRINGSLOCAL LORE STATES
MINERAL SPRINGS
FOUND HERE USED
BY NATIVE AMERICANS
FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES
NEW YORK FOLKLORE SOCIETY
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2016
Tradition in the Saratoga area has it that the springs were used for medicinal purposes. The springs were known to Native American tribes. Quaker Springs is located in the hamlet of Quaker Springs, New York.
