Fresno Hot Springs Coalinga California

Fresno Hot Springs Coalinga California

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Photo of a two story wooden building at Fresno Hot Springs possibly the hotel built in 1896 by Colonel Henry Burrough. Originally known as Roger's Sulphur Springs after its discover by James Rogers, later Fresno Hot Springs, and today Coalinga Mineral Springs. The site is located near present day Coalinga. Guests were brought to the springs by stages that ran several times a week. There was a dance hall in the hotel, barbeques, band concerts, a separate Men's Club, hiking and mountain climbing. This was in addition to bathing in the fifteen springs. By the early twentieth century it was a popular resort.

1 Photographic print :b&w ;9 x 14 cm.

San Joaquin Valley Library System

ca 1908

Fresno County Public Library

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ca 1908