History of Balls-Town
The inspiration for Balls-Town tHE fORSAKEN BY AMY SHANNON
The Forsaken
The Forsaken was the inspiration for writing Balls-Town, as I did research for this book, which gave me more information than I needed, so I decided to finish The Forsaken, and continue with the research. In the end, Balls-Town emerged. (I still have more data and research, so I am working on biographical sketches of persons from Balls-Town.
About The Forsaken
Ballston Spa is a small village in the middle of Saratoga County, and it is rich in history, including its ghost stories. Dorothy Wellington has a gift, a gift that sometimes she believes is a curse. She can hear dead people. They talk to her and she talks back to them. Her family has a very long, generational home that is placed in the Ballston Spa Village Cemetery. Her 103-year-old father summons her back home, a trip she dreads, but then feels at home once she walks up those steps again. Her father needs a favor, more than one.
First and foremost, help her newfound great-nephew Samuel with his gifts, and solve a two hundred-year-old missing persons case. Are these gifts and her knowledge as a historian, a foremost in her field, enough to figure out what happened to a young mother and her four-year-old daughter?
VINTAGE MAPS
The first books printed in Ballston Spa
A Plain account of the ordinance of Baptism
A Plain account of the ordinance of Baptism; in which all the texts in the New Testament relating to it are proved and the holy Doctrine concerning dram from them alone by William Foot
A plea for the Non-Conformists
A plea for the Non-Conformists by Thomas Delaune
Lectures on the Prophecies
Lectures on the Prophecies by Elhanan Wincester
The Friend of Peace
The Friend of Peace by Mr. Comstock in 1822.
Ballston Springs
Ballston Springs by Thomas Law. 1806. Printed by S. Gould.
Travels through the United States of America, in the years 1807, and 1809, 1810, & 1811
Travels through the United States of America, in the years 1807, and 1809, 1810, & 1811; including an account of passages betwixt America and Britain, and travels through various parts of Britain, Ireland, & Canada. With corrections and improvements till 1815. Illustrated by coloured maps and plans by J. Melish. 1818.
The Tourist
The Tourist
The Tourist
The Tourist (pocket manual for travelers on the Hudson River, the western canal, and stage road, to Niagara Falls, comprising also the routes to Lebanon, Ballston, and Saratoga Springs) by Robert J. Vandewater. 1839.
A Poem on the Mineral Springs
An Analysis of the Mineral Waters of Saratoga and Ballston
An Analysis of the Mineral Waters of Saratoga and Ballston
A Poem on the Mineral Springs of Ballston and Saratoga, with notes illustrating the History of the Springs and Adjacent Country. Published by Reuben Sears, Printed by J. Comstock, Ballston Spa, NY. 1819
An Analysis of the Mineral Waters of Saratoga and Ballston
An Analysis of the Mineral Waters of Saratoga and Ballston
An Analysis of the Mineral Waters of Saratoga and Ballston
An Analysis of the Mineral Waters of Saratoga and Ballston, with practical remarks on their medical properties by Dr. John H. Steel, 1840.
The Bench and Bar of Saratoga County
An Analysis of the Mineral Waters of Saratoga and Ballston
Saratoga the Battle-Battle Ground-Visitor's Guide
The Bench and Bar of Saratoga County or, Reminiscence of the Judiciary and scenes in the courtroom by Enos Mann, ESQ. 1876
Saratoga the Battle-Battle Ground-Visitor's Guide
The Genealogy of Judge John Taylor and His Descendants
Saratoga the Battle-Battle Ground-Visitor's Guide
Saratoga the Battle-Battle Ground-Visitor's Guide with Maps by Ellen Hardin Walworth. 1877.
The Genealogy of Judge John Taylor and His Descendants
The Genealogy of Judge John Taylor and His Descendants
The Genealogy of Judge John Taylor and His Descendants
The Genealogy of Judge John Taylor and His Descendants. Published by The Richmond & Backus Co,. Stationeries and Printers. 1886.
Our County and its People.
The Genealogy of Judge John Taylor and His Descendants
The Genealogy of Judge John Taylor and His Descendants
Our County and its People. A descriptive and biographical record of Saratoga County NY. Prepared and published by The Saratogian, and printed by The Boston History Company. 1899.
History of the Ball Family
History of the Ball Family: Genealogy of the New Haven Branch by Abram Leonard Bradley. 1855. Privately Reprinted Printed in NY 1916.
Article: The Reminiscences of James Gordon
Article: The Reminiscences of James Gordon. New York History, 17(3), 316-333. by J. Gordon and J. Mayer. 1936.
A pedestrian Tour of Two Thousand Three Hundred Miles in North America
A pedestrian Tour of Two Thousand Three Hundred Miles in North America
A pedestrian Tour of Two Thousand Three Hundred Miles in North America. To the Lakes, -The Canadas, and The New-England States Performed in the autumn of 1821. Embellished with Views. By P. Stansbury . New York. Published and Sold by J. D Myers and W. Smith. No. 59 Fulton Street. 1822
Books by Nathaniel BartletT Sylvester
Saratoga and Kayadrossera: An historical address
Saratoga and Kayadrossera: An historical address. (1876)
History of Saratoga County, New York
History of Saratoga County, New York; with historical notes of its various towns. Together with Biographical sketches of its prominent men and leading citizens. (1893)
1609-1878 History of Saratoga County New York
1609-1878 History of Saratoga County New York with Illustrations and Biographical sketches. Some of its prominent men and pioneers. (1878)
Historic Muse on Mount MacGregor
Historic Muse on Mount MacGregor, one of the Adirondacks. (1885)
Other Books About Ballston and surrounding areas
Centennial History of the Village of Ballston Spa
Centennial History of the Village of Ballston Spa, including the town of Ballston and Milton- A souvenir of the Centennial Celebration, held June 22-25, 1907. by Edward F. Grose, and John Booth
Indian legends of Saratoga and of the upper Hudson Valley
Indian legends of Saratoga and of the upper Hudson Valley by Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester
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