- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation
- Creator:
- Minchew, Kaye Lanning
- Date of Original:
- 2003-12-09
- Subject:
- Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation centers--Georgia--Warm Springs - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Meriwether County, Warm Springs, 32.89041, -84.68104
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation. The Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation developed around 88-degree (Fahrenheit) thermal springs that flow from the foothills of Pine Mountain in west Georgia. Tradition notes that Creek Indians brought ailing warriors to bathe in the springs to heal their wounds and spirits. The earliest known resort at Warm Springs dates to 1832, just four years after the establishment of Meriwether County. Cabins and a tavern housed as many as 200 people. Even more visitors could be accommodated after a rambling Victorian structure, the Meriwether Inn, was built in 1869.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/roosevelt-warm-springs-institute-for-rehabilitation/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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