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Processed by: Lora Settle, Graduate Assistant, and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist, Special Collections
Collection is open to research.
Permission to publish material from the Crockett Mineral Springs Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Crockett Mineral Springs Collection, Ms2009-105, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The Crockett Mineral Springs Collection was donated to Special Collections in two accessions, one in 2014 and one prior to 2008.
This collection has been digitized and is available online .
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Crockett Mineral Springs Sale Broadside commenced and was completed in July 2009.
Crockett Springs–located on the South Fork of the Roanoke River–was the last mineral springs resort to be opened in Montgomery County, Virginia. The Virginia Arsenic Bromide and Lithia Springs Company built the wood frame hotel in 1889, and soon the resort grew to include croquet grounds, bowling alleys, and tennis courts, while also providing the means for such activities as fishing, hunting, and walking on various scenic trails. The resort became a popular travel destination because of the variety of minerals found in the water, and the arsenic found in the water was believed to have optimal therapeutic value when the water was taken in large doses. Although the broadside advertises the sale of the resort in 1931, it did not close until 1939.
The broadside advertising the sale of the Crockett Springs resort describes the time and date of the sale, that which was for sale, in which order certain pieces of the property would be sold, and the terms of the sale. The commissioners named on the broadside are C.F. Cocke, C.T. Broaddus, and V.M. Sowder. The collection also contains a letter from S. S. Griffith to Dr. J. Harry Smith, written in 1930 on Crocket Arsenic-Lithia Springs letterhead.
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Images of the resort and the surrounding area are available on Virginia Tech's Imagebase . Images may be found by searching the phrase "Crockett Springs."