MINERAL SPRINGS OF LAKE COUNTY 



IT seems an anomoly, but it is a fact, that tiie medical men of Europe 

 are better acquainted with the wonderful curative properties of the 

 mineral springs of Lake County, California, than are many American 



physicians living within a few hours' ride of it. Many of the residents 

 of the county speak with strong foreign accent, and if you question them, 

 you will discover that they are living here because they were sent here by 

 their physicians across the Atlantic, and who sent them here as a forlorn 

 hope. Strong men are here who tell you that they came as hopeless, 

 dying individuals. 



In Lake County mineral springs send their healing waters from every 

 valley and every canon in such number as to exceed those of all Europe 

 combined, and of such medicinal property as to make this county one vast 

 sanatorium. Some day the railroad will come to this wonderful health 

 resort, and it will be at the doors of the metropolis of the Pacific, so close 

 that a few hours' ride will take the people to its very heart. 



Lake County is now reached only by stage ride from Ukiah, or Hopland, 

 or Calistoga, for it is veritably a "walled-in county." Mountain chains 

 encircle it on all sides, but with each succeeding year the people are be- 

 coming more and more acquainted with what it holds, and greater becomes 

 the demand for easier and quicker access. Down its many canons rush 

 the waters from hundreds of springs, either of which would suffice to make 

 famous a locality easier to reach. 



One often dreams of the spot where mountain comes down to the 

 water, where fruits of the tropics grow in sight of the snows of eternal 

 winter and where perfect scenery join with perfect climate to make an 

 ideal home place. In Lake County may be found the realization of such 

 dreams. Lying in the center of the county lies the wonderful Clear Lake, 

 eight miles across and thirty-five miles long, while from its very edge rise 

 mountains whose tops are covered with snow. Orange and lemon and fig 

 thrive on its shore and the balsamic odors of the pines are wafted down 

 from the surrounding hills, bringing a breath of health-giving ozone, from 

 the purest air the world knows. 



Called rightfully the "Switzerland of America," owing to the beauty 

 of her scenery. Lake County has attracted attention of tourist and lover 

 of the beautiful in nature, and through these have her medicinal springs 

 become known. To enumerate the springs is impossible, for no one knows 

 of them all, and no one has analyzed them all. 



The hot springs of Arkansas have become world-renowned, but in Lake 

 County are Witter Springs, said by scientists to exceed in curative powers 

 even those famous springs of the Eastern State. Others equally potent for 

 good are scattered over the county by the dozen, and when that day comes 

 when the puff of steam from locomotive, or the whirr of the electric-car, 

 shall be heard, there will also come a revelation of wonders that will make 

 the county add another jewel to California's crown, make still another 

 attraction for the thousands who yearly seek rest and recreation in travel. 



The tourist who can spare the time to visit Lake County, and who 

 does not halt at a stage ride, should not miss a visit to this wonderful 

 corner of California. Do not be surprised on reaching there to find men 

 and women making their homes far from the haunts of men that they 

 once adorned, for there is a charm here that holds those who are world- 

 weary and want rest. 



