TY  - BOOK
AU  - Valenza,Janet Mace
TI  - Taking the Waters in Texas: Springs, Spas, and Fountains of Youth 
SN  - 9780292767966
U1  - 613/.122/09764 21
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Austin : 
PB  - University of Texas Press, 
KW  - Health resorts - Texas
KW  - Health resorts
KW  - Texas
KW  - Hot springs
KW  - Mineral waters
KW  - HISTORY / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; INTRODUCTION Vanishing Places --; CHAPTER I Taking the Waters --; CHAPTER 2 Historic Watering Tradition --; CHAPTER 3 Texas' Resorts --; CHAPTER 4 Places Lived: Recapturing Past Landscapes --; CHAPTER 5 Daily Spa Life --; CHAPTER 6 Marketing the Waters --; CHAPTER 7 The Experience of Bathing --; CHAPTER 8 Places Lost --; POSTSCRIPT Song of the Sacred Waters --; APPENDIX A County List of Medicinal Wells and Springs --; APPENDIX B Regional guide to Texas' Medicinal Waters --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - "It is well known that Southern Texas possesses a greater variety of Mineral Waters than any other country on the globe" enthused a promotion for one of Texas' many watering spas of the nineteenth century. Though most are closed and nearly forgotten today, Texas spas and resorts once drew thousands of visitors from across the country, seeking healing of body and spirit in the rejuvenating mineral waters. This book offers the first comprehensive history of Texas' healing springs. Janet Valenza tracks the rise, popularity, and decline of the "water cure" from the 1830s to the present day. She follows the development of major spas and resorts, such as Mineral Wells and Indian Hot Springs near El Paso, as well as of smaller, family-run springs. She also describes how mineral waters influenced patterns of settlement, transportation routes, commerce, and people's attitudes toward the land. Period photos and "es from those seeking cures offer vivid glimpses into the daily life at the springs, which Valenza lists and describes county-by-county in the appendix
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7560/787339
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292767966
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292767966/original
ER  -