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Saratoga is a city located in Santa Clara County, California. It is located on the west side of the Santa Clara Valley, in the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 29,843.1 History
The first European settlement of what is now Saratoga occurred in 1848, when William Campbell constructed a sawmill about 2.5 miles SE of the present downtown area. An early map noted the area as Campbell's Gap. In 1851, Martin McCarty, who had leased the mill, built a toll road down to the Santa Clara Valley. The toll gate was located at the present day intersection of Big Basin Way and 3rd St., giving the town its first widely used name: Toll Gate. In 1855 the town received a post office under the name of McCartysville.
Industry soon sprung up: at its height the town had a furniture factory, grist mill, tannery, and a paperPaper is a thin, flat material produced by the compression of fibres. The fibers used are usually natural and based upon cellulose. The most common material is wood pulp from pulpwood (largely softwood) trees such as pines, but other vegetable fiber mater factory. To commemorate this newfound productivity, the town was renamed yet again in 1863Events January-March January 1 Abraham Lincoln delivers the Emancipation Proclamation during the second year of the American Civil War. January 1 The first claim under the Homestead Act is made for a farm in Nebraska January 8 Ground is broken in Sacramen, this time as Bank Mills. Shortly after this, however, a springA spring is a place where an underground stream flows out of the ground. By analogy, a fountain can also be called a spring. As it flows underground, a stream picks up minerals from rocks, and so water flowing from a spring is often bottled and sold as mi was discovered which had a mineralMinerals are natural compounds formed through geological processes. The term "mineral" encompasses not only the material's chemical composition but also the mineral structures. Minerals range in composition from pure elements and simple salts to very comp content similar to the springs at Saratoga SpringsSaratoga Springs is a city located in Saratoga County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 26,186. Saratoga Springs is the home of Skidmore College and Saratoga Race Course. Noted personalities born in Saratoga Springs incl, New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U. postal abbreviation is NY . It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. History See: History of New York New York was one of the thirteen col. In 18651865 is a common year starting on Sunday. Events January 31 American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. February 17 American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina burns as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forc, the town received its final name, Saratoga. At the same time, a resort hotelHotel" is the letter H in the NATO phonetic alphabet See Hotel for the American television program that aired on ABC from 1983 until 1988. A hotel is an establishment that provides lodging on a short-term basis. Hotels often provide a number of additional was constructed at the springs, and it attracted tourists to the area until it burned down in 1903.
Saratoga then became quietly agricultural, along with much of the rest of the valley. A few vineyards and orchards from this period remain today. After World War Two, the town quickly became urbanized, and it incorporated in 1956. Today it serves as a bedroom community for upper class Silicon Valley tech workers.
