THE MINERAL SPRINGS OF SANTA 

 BARBARA COUNTY 



C. M. GIDNBY, 

 Secretary Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce 



SANTA BARBARA COUNTY has long been noted for the medicinal 

 value of her many mineral springs, both hot and cold, the former 

 having attracted many health seekers and the latter having fur- 

 nished valuable and profitable articles of commercial exportation. 

 Among the waters of mineral springs bottled for export or shipped 

 lin bulk are the Veronica water and the water from the Pinkham Springs. 

 The first of these, the Veronica, has been on the market for nearly twenty 

 years, has a wide sale and an enviable reputation. The water of the Pink- 

 ham Springs Is of a similar character, but has not been so long on the 

 market and is not so widely known. 



Cold sulphur springs are common in many parts of the county, but the 

 • only hot springs of importance are located at the following points: 



LAS CRUCES HOT SPRINGS 



Are found in the Gaviota Canon, a remarkable gorge that cleaves in twain 

 the Santa Ynez Range, and down which a creek flows from the interior 

 of the county. They are about forty miles from Santa Barbara, some four 

 miles from the coast, and have been but slightly improved. It is a favorite 

 camping-ground, and all the privileges of the springs are free to all who 

 come. 



SAN MARCOS HOT SPRINGS 



Are located in a canon on the north side of the Santa Ynez Range, about 

 twenty-five miles from Santa Barbara and about a mile from the Santa 

 Ynez stage-road. They are entirely unimproved. 



MONTECITO HOT SPRINGS 



Have been long and favorably known. They are situated in the Hot Springs 

 Canon, about six miles from the city of Santa Barbara, and are reached 

 over a beautifully wooded road which winds up the canon along a dash- 

 ing brook, until the springs are reached at an elevation of a little over 

 fourteen hundred feet above the sea. 



The springs are twenty-two in number, with a temperature from 99 

 to 122 degrees Fahrenheit. All are strongly impregnated with sulphur, 

 and some have traces of arsenic and iron. 



The elevation of the springs places them above the fog that sometimes 

 comes into the valley, and the visitor can bask in the sunshine while 

 looking down on a sea of vapor beneath. 



An excellent hotel exists at the springs, and there is every facility 

 for tub, plunge, and shower baths. 



Invalids speak in the highest terms of the efficacy of these springs, 

 and a host of testimony might be given as to what has been realized In 

 specific cases. 



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