This month we are heading to the summer resort Richfield Springs, New York.
Richfield Springs was known by the local Native America population as “Big Medicine Waters,” and the Oneida tribe called the sulphur springs “Ga-no-wan-ges” meaning “stinking water.”
This month it is time to visit another lake in New York!
Rockland Lake is located in Rockland County, New York, in the hamlets of Congers and Valley Cottage. It was known as the “Quashpeake Pond” to the Native American population and later served as an important place of work for European settlers.
This month we are visiting the Arrowhead Hot Springs Company in San Bernardino, California. The mountain region known for its formations of light quartz was popular with Native Americans long before European settlement. There are multiple native legends for the landmark, one being that a flaming arrow led Native American Indians to the valley; hence, the arrow formation in stone pointing to the hot spring waters underneath.
This month we are heading to New Canaan, Connecticut. The original building that later held Brooks’ Sanatorium was built in 1898 by a wealthy summer resident, Ellen Josephine Hall. Hall purchased the 11 acre property with the intention of opening a sanatorium for her nephew, Dr. Charles Osborne. They left town and the building was sold to Dr. Myron J. Brooks and his wife, Marion.
This month we are taking quick trip to Spring Mountain, PA, which lies along the east side of the Perkiomen Creek and is still a popular destination. Spring Mountain covers 401 acres and contains a dense forest which covers 335 of the 401 acres.
This month we are back to the springs of Virginia as we visit the unincorporated community of Rock Enon Springs in Frederick County, Virginia.
Originally, the name of the resort was “Capper Springs” after one of the settlers, John Caper. In 1856, William Marker bought the property and began to advertise the springs as a health resort, as well as building a hotel that could accommodate visitors.
This month we are thinking of warmer weather in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Rockbridge opened as a resort in the 1830s by James Campbell, who hoped to exploit the growing interest in the nearby waters. The resort was then sold to brothers John and William Fraizer in 1850, and they began buildings its 36 buildings by 1853.