The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-01-19

Have you ever heard of Cambridge
Springs?
If you have not, let us tell you about
it.
Every man or woman needing rest
from overwork or who is in search of
health should know all about this noted
health and rest resort.
WHERE 1T IS.
Cambridge Springs is situated in the
beautiful and picturesque French
Creek" valley in the north western part
of Pennsylvania. 1t is on the main line
Of the Erie railroad, midway between
New York and Chicago, IA miles north
of MeadVille, Pa, and can be reached
by any through train from and to either
of these two points.
FOR WHAT 1T IS NOTED.
OF late years this valley has attracted
much attention. 1t would seem that
beneficent Nature is never content when
she has bestowed wondrous wealth of
blessings upon a certain spot of earth,
but that with apparent vanity she.
provides some attraction to gather ad
miring humanity there.
Long years passed by after this fer
tile and beautiful valley had been set
tied before it became generally known
that product of nature, destined to be
known through the entire land, was
present here. Through the entire val
ley, springs of water issued from the
ground, which We're partaken of with
great relish by man and beast and
which, owing to many convincing evil
dences, were known to have been visit
ed by Indian tribes from distant local
tiles long ere our hardy pioneer fore
fathers began their first settlements.
Research readily proves, also, that
these springs of water were places
of resort for the four-footed inhabitants
of the forest, and many persons now
,In,s fIn lNkyl To
the several places where these springs
bubbled forth.
That there Is today great medicinal
merit in many of the springs in this
valley, no one acquainted with the
facts will deny. Is it unreasonable,
then, to suppose that the wild animals
which resorted here, and the red men
also, knew that the drinking of these
waters was a physical beneft?
WASHINGTON DRANK THERE.
without doubt, Washington as he
journeyed through the region heard of
these medicinal springs and partook Of
their waters.
Within this valley many settlements
sprang into existence and among them
one which became known as Cambridge,
now constitutes the town of Cam
bridge Springs"
A PREGNANT VALLEY.
The very site upon which the town Is
built is the most pregnant in this whole
valley with the mineral waters. No
less than 20 springs, all possessing merit
for their medicinal mineral properties,
are now being partaken Of by sojourn-
ers at this place and by thousands who
obtain that which Is bottled and ship
| ped.
GROWTH IN TEN YEARS.
Ten years ago Cambridge was but a
little hamlet, containing some five oil
six hundred souls-the fame of its
waters had not yet begun to spread, and
| the thrifty but unassuming people lived
as did the Arcadians, content with
their lot and unaware of the future
which awaited them
However, in the latter half of the
nineteenth century, knowledge of 9
good or bad thing cannot long remair
concealed, and so after few persons
suffering from various ailments, anc
given up by their physicians as incur
able, had come to Cambridge and beer
cured of their disease by simply drink
ing water, the word went out and othe
sufferers journeyed hither and obtained
the same result. The fame OF thes'
waters began to spread, and each yea
the number who came to partake o
the visitors was demanded, and In con
sequence several
HOTELS WE'RE ERECTED,
which from year to year have been In
creased in capacity In order TO NEE
the ever increasing patronage. Nearl.
every succeeding year has witnesses
the building of one or more new hoteis
80 that today in this respect the tow