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ansp

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Estim

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soci

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aine

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cret

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nn, M

inne

sota

DOT

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prov

e co

st e

stim

atin

g te

chni

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and

pub

lish

guid

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by

trans

port

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timat

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isto

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bas

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nd p

aram

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); an

d •

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inno

vate

new

cos

t est

imat

ing

tech

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es; a

nd

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min

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rienc

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cos

t est

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and

new

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TUG

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klah

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uni

fied

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e co

urse

of T

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r cal

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the

prod

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ny p

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th

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prod

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NES

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stra

tion

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k Op

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pm

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am

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Ro

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Ci

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T

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8 Sa

rato

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prin

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Y Pa

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Abou

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atog

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The

wor

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arat

oga"

is t

houg

ht t

o be

a c

orru

p-tio

n of

a N

ativ

e Am

eric

an p

lace

nam

e, b

ut e

x-pe

rts

are

unsu

re

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e or

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wor

d m

eant

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Iroq

uois

use

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al s

prin

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r m

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pur

pose

s.

Lege

nd

has

it th

at t

hey

brou

ght

Sir

Will

iam

Joh

nson

, a

Briti

sh s

oldi

er

and

hero

of

the

Fren

ch a

nd I

ndia

n W

ar, t

o th

e ar

ea i

n 17

67 t

o tre

at w

ar

wou

nds.

T

oday

sp

rings

can

stil

l be

foun

d al

l ove

r to

wn.

Mos

t of

them

are

mar

ked

by a

sm

all

cove

red

pavi

lion

with

the

nam

e of

the

sprin

g ac

ross

the

top.

The

first

per

man

ent s

ettle

r arr

ived

aro

und

1776

, and

the

agric

ultu

ral a

nd to

uris

t tra

des

bega

n to

gro

w. T

he fa

mou

s Ba

ttle

of S

arat

oga

(177

7), o

ften

refe

rred

to a

s th

e tu

rnin

g po

int o

f the

Rev

olut

iona

ry W

ar, d

id n

ot t

ake

plac

e he

re.

The

battl

efie

ld is

act

ually

15

mile

s to

the

sout

heas

t, in

the

Tow

n of

Stil

lwat

er. S

arat

oga

Sprin

gs w

as e

stab

lishe

d as

a

tow

n in

181

9. I

n th

e 19

th c

entu

ry,

the

com

mun

ity b

ecam

e fa

mou

s as

a s

pa a

nd

man

y el

egan

t hot

els

wer

e bu

ilt, i

nclu

ding

the

colo

ssal

Gra

nd U

nion

Hot

el th

at w

as, i

n its

da

y, th

e la

rges

t hot

el in

the

wor

ld. I

t was

bui

lt in

180

2 an

d to

rn d

own

in 1

953.

It

is b

elie

ved

that

pot

ato

chip

s w

ere

inve

nted

her

e, b

y ch

ef G

eorg

e

Crum

, whi

le h

e w

as e

mpl

oyed

at M

oon’

s La

ke L

odge

in

1853

. A

fin

icky

din

er re

peat

edly

dem

ande

d th

inne

r Fre

nch

fries

. Cr

um w

as

ince

nsed

and

resp

onde

d by

slic

ing

the

fries

pap

er-th

in a

nd b

row

ning

th

em.

To h

is s

urpr

ise,

the

cust

omer

was

del

ight

ed, a

nd th

e ‘S

arat

oga

Ch

ip’ w

as b

orn.

Th

e ci

ty is

mos

t fam

ous

for t

he S

arat

oga

Race

Cou

rse,

w

hich

ope

ned

in A

ugus

t 186

3. It

is th

e ol

dest

con

ti-no

usly

-ope

ratin

g Th

orou

ghbr

ed tr

ack

in th

e Un

ited

Stat

es. T

he s

umm

er m

eet l

astin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

six

w

eeks

, fro

m la

te J

uly

to L

abor

Day

, attr

actin

g so

me

of th

e fin

est r

aceh

orse

s in

the

wor

ld. T

he tr

ack

seas

on

sees

a d

ram

atic

influ

x of

peo

ple

into

the

city

. Al

so lo

cate

d in

the

city

are

the

Sar

atog

a G

amin

g an

d

Race

way

, a

harn

ess

(Sta

ndar

dbre

d)

race

track

th

at

incl

udes

a v

ideo

gam

ing

faci

lity.

The

Sar

arto

ga P

er-

form

ing

Arts

Cen

ter (

SPAC

) is

a co

vere

d ou

tdoo

r am

phi-

thea

ter

loca

ted

on t

he g

roun

ds o

f th

e Sa

rato

ga S

pa S

tate

Par

k. S

PAC

is t

he s

umm

er

hom

e of

the

Phila

delp

hia

Orch

estra

and

the

New

Yor

k Ci

ty B

alle

t. It

is a

lso

the

site

of a

w

eeke

nd-lo

ng ja

zz fe

stiv

al a

nd a

sto

p fo

r na

tiona

l rec

ordi

ng a

rtist

s on

tou

r ea

ch s

um-

mer

. Nea

rby,

on

Stat

e Pa

rk g

roun

ds, t

he S

pa L

ittle

The

ater

hos

ts th

e La

ke G

eorg

e Op

-er

a Fe

stiv

al d

urin

g th

e su

mm

er.

The

Sara

toga

Aut

omob

ile M

useu

m a

nd

the

Nat

iona

l M

useu

m o

f Dan

ce a

re a

lso

loca

ted

in th

e pa

rk.

Th

e N

atio

nal M

useu

m o

f Rac

ing

is lo

cate

d ju

st a

cros

s fro

m th

e Ra

ce C

ours

e on

Uni

on

Aven

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Uni

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ce it

s in

cept

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in 1

900,

Yad

do

has

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hom

e to

a n

umbe

r of

pro

min

ent a

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Syl

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Plat

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Trum

an C

apot

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nd D

avid

Sed

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.

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200

8 Pa

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THUR

SDAY

, OCT

OBER

2

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7:00

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8:00

PM

9:00

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9

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DAY

, OCT

OBER

7 T

UG A

gend

a

Regi

stra

tion

Des

k Op

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am

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pm (H

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3:00

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Page

8

MON

DAY

, OCT

OBER

6 T

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