Title: "Drink and be healed"
First published: 1994
Description: Discusses the hydrological phenomena known as lithia water; its discovery and development in Cumberland County, Virginia, near Farmville, into a nationally distributed mineral water from 1877 to 1945 and its evolution as the Thackston family business. Also includes chapters on old bottles, testimonials from regular drinkers, Civil War anecdotes and the historic preservation potential of the site. Lots of information other Virginia springs as well.
Subjects: Farmville Lithia Water Co, History, Mineral water industry, Mineral waters Antique bottles, Mineral waters
Places: Farmville, Farmville (Va.), History, Virginia St. Louis, MO, Chicago, IL
People: John Houston, Richard Dabney Thackston, John Thackston
Time periods: 1877 to 1945
LC classification: HD9349.M544 F374 1994