Soap Creek Valley · 1989 Auto Tour
STOP #9 SULPHUR SPRINGS [Recreation]
Stop 9 of the 1989 Historic Soap Creek Valley Auto Tour, printed page 25.
21.3 miles from the Peavy Arboretum entrance on the 1989 route. Open these pages in the original PDF · Read the text below
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Sulphur Springs has been a destination for many Benton County recreationists for over 100 years. A two story hotel was constructed on this spot sometime around 1870 or 1880. It remained standing until about 1920, when it was burned down by an arsonist. The hotel had probably not operated for at least twenty years by that time, however.
In addition to playing ball, camping, hunting, and picnicking, people came to drink the water, which was considered very healthful. A wooden floor with benches was constructed around the spring and a concrete fountain about two feet in height served those wishing to enjoy the benefits that the water had to offer.
In the 1890's many Corvallis residents took part in the new fad of bicycling by taking a trip to Sulphur Springs. By 1915 the fad had changed to automobiling, but the destination remained the same. A CCC camp based at Peavy Arboretum constructed benches and tables at the site in the 1930's, but the advent of World War II put an end to further development.
A shot from a hunter's rifle shattered the concrete fountain, nature and vandals have erased the traces of wooden structures, and trees have covered the field where the old hotel once stood. Today all that remains to remind the visitor of what used to be is a concrete slab marked "Sulphur Spring" where the slightly acrid water trickles from the earth.
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Places. Sulphur Springs · Benton County · Corvallis · Peavy Arboretum
Narrators who speak of this place
- #1 Lorna Grabe p. 15, p. 59, p. 60, p. 7, p. 33, p. 42, p. 10, p. 49, p. 50
- #2 Paul M. Dunn p. 40, p. 1, p. 17, p. 28, p. 32, p. 40, p. 9, p. 45, p. 35
- #3 Donald Dickey p. 23, p. 10, p. 11, p. 15, p. 25, p. 39, p. 25
- #4 Edward Sekermestrovich p. 1, p. 5, p. 9, p. 10, p. 11, p. 14, p. 29, p. 31, p. 33, p. 34, p. 36, p. 37, p. 6, p. 36
- #5 John Jacob & Wilma Rohner p. 6, p. 8, p. 56, p. 57, p. 59, p. 64, p. 72, p. 85, p. 90, p. 93, p. 94, p. 108, p. 111, p. 112, p. 122, p. 27, p. 29, p. 53, p. 77
- #6 James Hanish p. 5, p. 9, p. 17, p. 20, p. 25, p. 70, p. 75, p. 76, p. 27, p. 28
- #7 Charlie Olson p. 3, p. 8, p. 10, p. 11, p. 12, p. 29, p. 53, p. 60, p. 61, p. 76, p. 78, p. 92, p. 93, p. 94, p. 100, p. 105, p. 110, p. 113, p. 115, p. 117, p. 119, p. 129, p. 133, p. 134, p. 135, p. 141, p. 142, p. 144, p. 145, p. 150, p. 153, p. 154, p. 170, p. 29, p. 30, p. 1, p. 2, p. 11, p. 12, p. 38, p. 39, p. 40, p. 43, p. 44, p. 45, p. 46, p. 47, p. 48, p. 49, p. 50, p. 53, p. 54, p. 55, p. 56, p. 57, p. 58, p. 60, p. 61, p. 62, p. 64, p. 66, p. 89, p. 90, p. 92, p. 93, p. 113, p. 117, p. 118, p. 123, p. 128, p. 129, p. 134, p. 136, p. 141, p. 146, p. 151
- #8 Neil Vanderburg p. 1, p. 12, p. 86, p. 96, p. 101, p. 127, p. 1, p. 3, p. 6, p. 12, p. 28, p. 29, p. 32, p. 60, p. 70, p. 96, p. 98, p. 104, p. 108, p. 95, p. 32
- #9 Eugene Glender p. 3, p. 5, p. 10, p. 27, p. 44, p. 105, p. 106, p. 11, p. 14, p. 33, p. 55, p. 72, p. 81, p. 93, p. 92, p. 93, p. 99, p. 103, p. 29, p. 53, p. 89, p. 91, p. 96, p. 97
- #10 Velma Carter Rawie p. 3, p. 5, p. 8, p. 10, p. 32, p. 60, p. 82, p. 85, p. 100, p. 108, p. 115, p. 116, p. 1, p. 4, p. 5, p. 10, p. 16, p. 18, p. 21, p. 23, p. 35, p. 36, p. 44, p. 58, p. 69, p. 75, p. 76, p. 85, p. 97, p. 99, p. 100, p. 116, p. 9, p. 10, p. 74, p. 31, p. 38, p. 39, p. 59, p. 68
- #11 Bessie Murphy p. 52, p. 105, p. 3, p. 7, p. 10, p. 12, p. 18, p. 30, p. 31, p. 33, p. 42, p. 45, p. 49, p. 50, p. 52, p. 59, p. 63, p. 64, p. 66, p. 69, p. 72, p. 77, p. 92, p. 100, p. 103, p. 105, p. 14
- #12 Wanda Marcks Cook p. 4, p. 44, p. 68, p. 69, p. 76, p. 80, p. 85, p. 18, p. 23, p. 42, p. 44, p. 56, p. 61, p. 68, p. 76, p. 85, p. 86, p. 49, p. 50, p. 51, p. 52, p. 62, p. 74
- #13 WILLIAM A. DAVIES p. 2, p. 6, p. 16, p. 30, p. 34, p. 77, p. 17, p. 23, p. 37, p. 41, p. 47, p. 70, p. 13, p. 37
- #14 Charles and Norman Hindes p. 1, p. 3, p. 5, p. 7, p. 35, p. 1, p. 3, p. 4, p. 6, p. 11, p. 17, p. 25, p. 35
- #15 Marvin Rowley p. 10, p. 28, p. 32, p. 35, p. 38, p. 44, p. 46, p. 59, p. 68, p. 94, p. 97, p. 110, p. 119, p. 123, p. 24, p. 25, p. 30, p. 54, p. 108, p. 109, p. 120, p. 58, p. 87, p. 89, p. 94, p. 95, p. 106
Photographs printed with this stop
- This picture of a Wells Community Picnic was taken at Sulphur Springs around 1920. The community was originally named "Wells Station" when it developed as a railroad town in the 1880's and became known as "Wellsdale" until it was purchased by the government at the outset of World War II. The Wellsdale site, originally pioneered by Tolbert Carter by 1849, became part of Camp Adair in 1941.
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- Zybach, Bob 1989. Historic Soap Creek Valley Auto Tour. Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 32 pp.
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- Zybach 1989. America's School Trust Library, The Zybach Collection. https://schooltrusts.org/collections/zybach/soap-creek/auto-tour/stop-9/
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