Botetourt Springs | |
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Former settlement and resort | |
  Botetourt Springs | |
| Coordinates: 37°21′13″N 79°56′12″W / 37.35361°N 79.93667°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Virginia |
| County | Roanoke County |
Botetourt Springs (originally: Sulphur Spring Tract)[1] is a mineral spring and was a historical settlement on the border of Roanoke County, Virginia, and Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The spring is located 12 mi (19 km) from Fincastle.[2] Botetourt Springs was originally settled in the mid-18th century, growing as a mineral spring resort during the summer, especially after the 1820s.[3][4]
In its time, it was one of the best known mineral springs in Virginia,[5] and one of the chief sulfuric thermal springs in America.[6] Notable visitors included General Andrew Jackson and General Lafayette.
- ^ Kegley, p. 332
- ^ Barber, John Warner; Howe, Henry (1861). Our Whole Country: Or, The Past and Present of the United States, Historical and Descriptive. In Two Volumes, Containing the General and Local Histories and Descriptions of Each of the States, Territories, Cities, and Towns of the Union; Also Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Persons, John Warner Barber. H. Howe. p. 657.
Botetourt Springs.
- ^ Colbert, Judy (2008). Virginia Off the Beaten Path, 10th: A Guide to Unique Places (10 ed.). Globe Pequot. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-7627-4881-5.
- ^ "The History of Roanoke County". Visit Roanoke. Archived from the original on November 29, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
- ^ Medical and surgical directory of the United States. Polk & Co. 1886. p. 909.
- ^ Burt, William H. (1883). Clinical companion to "Physiological materia medica": a compendium of diseases, their homoeopathic and accessory treatment. Gross & Delbridge. p. 69.