Saratoga Resort in 1905. Courtesy of Mick Eastmond.
Saratoga, Utah Lake's Oldest Resort BY RICHARD S. VAN WAGONER
W^ISPS OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE SMOKE RISING from t h e n o r t h w e s t
corner of Utah Lake likely first attracted Indians to the site hundreds of years ago. Hot water springs in the vicinity of the mouth of the Jordan River sent plumes of steam skyward—a sight that can still be Mr. Van Wagoner, co-author of^ Book of Mormons (1982) and Mormon Polygamy: A History (1986), is currently writing a book on the history of Lehi, Utah, his hometown.
