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3 unusual facts about Mineral Springs


Henry E. Chambers

Soon he was a job hopper, having in 1881–1882 undertaken the principalship of Mineral Springs High School in Mineral Springs in Howard County near Texarkana in southwestern Arkansas.

Mineral Springs, Arkansas

Henry E. Chambers, Louisiana historian and educator early in his career was the principal at Mineral Springs High School in the 1881-1882 school year.

Mineral Springs, North Carolina

Brooklandwood, which is a large farm and estate just outside of Mineral Springs, is the site of the Queens Cup Steeplechase, one of steeplechase horse racing's major annual events.


Pluto Water

Pluto Water was bottled at the French Lick Springs, in French Lick, Indiana, a location with natural mineral springs that was also the source of a competing product, Sprudel Water.


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History of Styria

The railway brought tourists to alpine lake resorts and mineral springs at Rohitsch (today's Rogaška Slatina) and Bad Gleichenberg, the brine springs of Bad Aussee, and the thermal springs of Tuffer (today's Laško), Neuhaus am Klausenbach and Tobelbad.

Mineral Wells, Texas

Salts from the mineral springs were marketed by Carr Collins, Sr. as Crazy Crystals in the 1930s as having curative powers, but their sale was then suppressed by the Food and Drug Administration.

Nampo

Nearby scenic spots include the West Sea Barrage, three tombs in Kangso, the tomb in Tokhung-dong, Susan Spa, Chongsan Spa, Kangso Mineral Springs and Lake Thaesang.

Saratoga Race Course

Saratoga Race Course has several nicknames: The Spa (for the nearby mineral springs), the House of Upsets, and the Graveyard of Champions. Famous race horse Man o' War suffered his only defeat in twenty-one starts while racing at Saratoga Race Course; Secretariat was defeated at Saratoga Race Course by Onion, after winning the Triple Crown; and Gallant Fox had been beaten by the 100-1 longshot Jim Dandy in the 1930 Travers Stakes.

Saratoga, Nebraska Territory

Beadle named the community after his own hometown of Saratoga, New York because the mineral springs are similar to Saratoga Springs, New York.