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Book Springs of Texas

Download or read book Springs of Texas written by Gunnar M. Brune and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores the natural history of Texas and more than 2900 springs in 183 Texas counties. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the general characteristics of springs - their physical and prehistoric settings, their historical significance, and their associated flora and fauna.

Book Healing Waters

    Healing Waters

    Book Details:
  • Author : Loring Bullard
  • Publisher : University of Missouri Press
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 0826264182
  • Pages : 261 pages

Download or read book Healing Waters written by Loring Bullard and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missouri's mineral springs and resorts played a vital role in the social and economic development of the state. In Healing Waters, Loring Bullard delves into the long history of these springs and spas, concentrating particularly on the use and development of the mineral springs from 1800 to about the 1930s. During this period, there were at least eighty sites in the state that could be described as resorts. Because so many people were drawn to the springs by their faith in the healing virtues of the springwater, towns were frequently founded at the mineral springs. These places fought hard to capture the attention of Missourians who were seeking better health, relaxation, or good times in the late 1800s and early 1900s.Bullard first examines the development of mineral water resorts in Europe from ancient times, early spa traditions in America, and Missouri's frontier spas. He then discusses the establishment of saltworks at the state's saline springs and the importance of the early salt trade; the brisk business that grew around the bottling of mineral waters; the use and development of mineralized groundwater resources; the geologic and biologic factors that create Missouri's mineral waters; and public and professional belief in the curative values of mineral waters.Healing Waters also traces the demise of Missouri's mineral water resorts and towns. Well into the twentieth century, when modern medicine had seemingly taken hold, many physicians and scientists continued to proclaim the medicinal virtues of mineral waters. However, by the second quarter of the twentieth century, medical science and popular opinion had discounted the immediate medical usefulness of mineral waters. As advances were made in microbiology and biochemistry, and with the inherent promise of drug cures, orthodox medicine began to turn a cold shoulder on mineral water treatments. Spa treatments, with their long regimens, also did not fit well with the increasingly fast-paced lifestyles of the public. By visiting the sites, gathering local historical accounts, interviewing local citizens, and photographing remaining artifacts, Bullard has done a masterful job in providing the answers to why these vibrant social centers came to be and why they faded.

Book Uinta National Forest N F Indian Springs Road Realignment

Download or read book Uinta National Forest N F Indian Springs Road Realignment written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Federal Register

Download or read book Federal Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1992-05-08 with total page 1276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The National Gazetteer of the United States of America

Download or read book The National Gazetteer of the United States of America written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Operation Hardtack

Download or read book Operation Hardtack written by O. R. Placak and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nevada Test Site Community

Download or read book Nevada Test Site Community written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Thermal Springs in the United States

Download or read book Thermal Springs in the United States written by Norah Dowell Stearns and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Raymond s First Report

Download or read book Raymond s First Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Mines of the West

Download or read book The Mines of the West written by Rossiter Worthington Raymond and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book House Documents Otherwise Publ as Executive Documents

Download or read book House Documents Otherwise Publ as Executive Documents written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Key to Geophysical Records Documentation

Download or read book Key to Geophysical Records Documentation written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book U S Geological Survey Bulletin

Download or read book U S Geological Survey Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: