Virginia Hot Springs Company Records

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0271

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains records, mostly in printed pamphlet form, of the Virginia Hot Springs Company, formed in 1892 from the Southern Improvement Company, with Decatur Axtell as its president. Also included in the collection are several pamphlets about other springs, e.g. Healing, Warm, and White Sulphur: information about automobile travel in western Virginia circa 1913, and a few letters to and from Mr. Axtell.

Dates

Creation: Inclusive 1860-1913
Creation: Majority of material found within Bulk 1892-1903

Creator

Axtell, D. B. (Decatur Boynton) (Correspondent, Person)
Virginia Hot Springs Company (Organization)

Conditions Governing Use

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