Title:
Beneficial springs gave Stafford its name
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Stafford Springs of Tolland County.
Object ID:
Kim02-093
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
12/15/1988
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
Long before 1719 and the English Settlers, the springs at Stafford were used by the Nipmuck Indians. The mineral springs remained a local secret until 1765 when Mr. Field from East Windsor spread the news of the water's cures. Presidents John Adams and Ulysses S. Grant drank from and bathed in the springs. Dr. Samuel Willard built a luxury hotel by the springs in 1802. American chemist Professor Benjamin Silliman investigated the waters and found two springs. He called Stafford one of the best chalybeate (impregnated with salts of iron) springs in the U.S. No longer fashionable, only the name reminds us of its past.
People:
Trumbull, Benjamin
Field, Mr.
Adams, John
Willard, Samuel (Dr.)
Silliman, Benjamin (Prof.)
Grant, Ulysses S. (Pres.)
Field, Mr.
Adams, John
Willard, Samuel (Dr.)
Silliman, Benjamin (Prof.)
Grant, Ulysses S. (Pres.)
Search Terms:
Stafford Springs
Tolland County
Nipmuck Indians
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bathe
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hotel
chalybeate springs
iron
Tolland County
Nipmuck Indians
mineral waters
cures
drink
bathe
springs
hotel
chalybeate springs
iron