Montana's hot springs and hot water resorts bubble with fascinating histories of medical cures, Native American legends, glittering spas, and isolated wilderness soaks. These Montana hot springs provided soothing cures for the aches and pains of Native Americans and early Montana pioneers. A few of the crude bathhouses built by miners and settlers gave way to ornate bathing resorts, replete with some of the most elegant furnishings and facilities available between Minneapolis and San Francisco, from the 1890s through the 1920s. Grand hot springs resorts--including Corwin Hot Springs, Boulder H... Read More
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Montana's hot springs and hot water resorts bubble with fascinating histories of medical cures, Native American legends, glittering spas, and isolated wilderness soaks. These Montana hot springs provided soothing cures for the aches and pains of Native Americans and early Montana pioneers. A few of the crude bathhouses built by miners and settlers gave way to ornate bathing resorts, replete with some of the most elegant furnishings and facilities available between Minneapolis and San Francisco, from the 1890s through the 1920s. Grand hot springs resorts--including Corwin Hot Springs, Boulder H... Read More
Montana's hot springs and hot water resorts bubble with fascinating histories of medical cures, Native American legends, glittering spas, and isolated wilderness soaks. These Montana hot springs provided soothing cures for the aches and pains of Native Americans and early Montana pioneers. A few of the crude bathhouses built by miners and settlers gave way to ornate bathing resorts, replete with some of the most elegant furnishings and facilities available between Minneapolis and San Francisco, from the 1890s through the 1920s. Grand hot springs resorts--including Corwin Hot Springs, Boulder Hot Springs, Hunter's Hot Springs, and Broadwater Hot Springs--flourished and then faded from Montana's landscape. Through photographs, Images of America: Montana's Hot Springs explores the stories and legends of hot-water bathing resorts in Montana.
Details
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 19th February 2018
State: Montana
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467127691
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRAVEL / Food, Lodging & Transportation / Resorts & Spas HEALTH & FITNESS / Healing MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine
Author Bio
Jeff Birkby has spent over 30 years researching the fascinating history of hot springs in the Western United States. He is the author of two hot springs touring guidebooks and was one of the first geothermal energy specialists for Montana's state government. Many of the images in this book are from Birkby's personal collection, with others sourced from county and state libraries and historical societies in Helena, Bozeman, and Missoula.
Montana's hot springs and hot water resorts bubble with fascinating histories of medical cures, Native American legends, glittering spas, and isolated wilderness soaks. These Montana hot springs provided soothing cures for the aches and pains of Native Americans and early Montana pioneers. A few of the crude bathhouses built by miners and settlers gave way to ornate bathing resorts, replete with some of the most elegant furnishings and facilities available between Minneapolis and San Francisco, from the 1890s through the 1920s. Grand hot springs resorts--including Corwin Hot Springs, Boulder Hot Springs, Hunter's Hot Springs, and Broadwater Hot Springs--flourished and then faded from Montana's landscape. Through photographs, Images of America: Montana's Hot Springs explores the stories and legends of hot-water bathing resorts in Montana.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 19th February 2018
State: Montana
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467127691
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRAVEL / Food, Lodging & Transportation / Resorts & Spas HEALTH & FITNESS / Healing MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine
Jeff Birkby has spent over 30 years researching the fascinating history of hot springs in the Western United States. He is the author of two hot springs touring guidebooks and was one of the first geothermal energy specialists for Montana's state government. Many of the images in this book are from Birkby's personal collection, with others sourced from county and state libraries and historical societies in Helena, Bozeman, and Missoula.
