. The Virginia springs : comprising an account of all the principal mineral springs of Virginia, with remarks on the nature and medical applicability of each . hern part ofthe County of Rockbridge, on the main turnpike roadleading from the town of Lexington to the WarmSprings, seventeen miles from the former and abouttwenty-one from the latter. They were originally theproperty of the Campbell family, by whom the land onwhich they are situated was located about fifty years ago. The existence of an alum spring at this place wasknown at the time of the entry of the land, and its pe-culiarities so
. The Virginia springs : comprising an account of all the principal mineral springs of Virginia, with remarks on the nature and medical applicability of each . hern part ofthe County of Rockbridge, on the main turnpike roadleading from the town of Lexington to the WarmSprings, seventeen miles from the former and abouttwenty-one from the latter. They were originally theproperty of the Campbell family, by whom the land onwhich they are situated was located about fifty years ago. The existence of an alum spring at this place wasknown at the time of the entry of the land, and its pe-culiarities soon led the people of the neighborhood totest its virtues, first as an external and then as an inter-nal remedy, especially for diseases of the skin. Thesuccess of these experiments established a local reputa-tion for the water to such an extent that the proprietorof the Springs found it to his interest to open a house ofentertainment for the accommodation of those who mightdesire to use them. But the isolated character of the place, the limitedaccommodations, and especially the fact that it was thenout of the great Spring circle, and withal inconvenient. ROCKBRIDGE ALUM SPRINGS. 215 to approacli, prevented for several years any large visita-tion to the place. But tlie reputation of the water, re-sulting from actual experience in its use, continued toincrease and extend, until the public demand for accom-modation forced an enterprise into the economy of theestablishment that has resulted in the erection of appro-priate buildings sufficient for the accommodation of fiveor six hundred visiters, and in greatly improving andbeautifying the grounds adjacent to the Springs. Stillthe increasing reputation of the waters, and a consequentincreasing patronage, so urgently demand further accom-modations that the proprietors are now actively engagedin the erection of new buildings, to be finished by thenext season, and which will greatly increase their capacityto accommodate. The property i
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