Thousands of towns across the nation have their own story to tell, influenced by geography, settlement patterns and people that results in a unique community, unlike any other. Milton, New York is one of those towns. Its story unfolds amidst the larger story of the founding of the nation. Milton, New York, A New Town in a New Nation, follows the growth of the shire town of Saratoga County from its first settlement on the eve of the Revolutionary War to the conclusion of another, more deadly conflict, the War for the Union. It is a story of pioneers, farmers, entrepreneurs, politicians, people of color, industrialists, mill workers, teachers, soldiers, and their families as they followed their own path to becoming Americans.