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Minerals & Closing Down |
| "The springs were called "aqua surforsa" by the Spanish, meaning "medicine in water". They thought it had bleach in it. Infected sores would heal in a week, with bathing just once on the weekend." (Sandra L. Shaw, Stadler, Louise Wilson County History -1990, Copyright 1990 Published by: Taylor Publishing Co., Dallas, Texas.) In the good days of the springs, a pamphlet was made that told of the twenty-seven different varieties of minerals, both hot and cold. The said-to-be- most-beautiful spring was the white sulfur, so clear that you could see the grains of sand on the bottom. The black sulfur pool was the most effective on sickness. There was also a seltzer and chalybeate well. The resort was a very popular place when it opened in 1910. It stayed open for only thirteen years; its closing year was 1923. Long afterward, the resort's hotel was used for different kinds of community things, including reunions, city council meetings, and so on. |
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