You might try contacting Gail Gillespie who did her PhD dissertation on the
springs resorts in the Blue Ridge in Virginia and North Carolina. This is a
Geography topic but might have useful info for you. She colloborated with
with an archaeologist at the Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers on some
of the research.
Tim T.
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Wed, 13 Jul 2005 06:56:42 -0700<br>>From: Sarah Miller
<[log in to unmask]><br>>Subject: Re: Resort
archaeology<br>><br>>We did some work at the 1830-1920s Crab
Orchard<br>>Springs Hotel site in Crab Orchard, Kentucky. It
was<br>>known at one time as the "Saratoga of the
South".<br>>Unfortunately, it is now a school; they blitzed
the<br>>site away with baseball, volley ball, and t-ball<br>>fields.
We found one foundation- the rest is gone.<br>>Below is the description
of the resort and citations.<br>><br>>Sarah<br>><br>><br>>The
Crab Orchard Springs Hotel was quite a place. The<br>>central hotel
structure had a bowling alley in the<br>>basement, two long annexes of
rooms that flanked the<br>>main building, a dance hall, a caddy house,
servants<br>>quarters, and a barn and stables. Centered around
the<br>>springs, the complex grew to include a golf course,<br>>tennis
courts, a lake for swimming and rowing, and a<br>>swimming pool on the
other side of the lake. The<br>>hotel hosted nightly dances with guest
orchestras.<br>>The large expanse of land was used for foxhunts
and<br>>picnic horseback rides to the surrounding
springs.<br>>Townspeople worked at the hotel and were invited
to<br>>attend the activities. When we asked Grace Wilson,
a<br>>resident of Crab Orchard who remembers the hotel, what<br>>it
was like to have a business like that operating in<br>>their town, she
said, “Your mouth would hang open with<br>>what you saw. It was like a
different world.”<br>><br>>Miller, Sarah E.<br>>2004 A Report on
the Initial Investigations at Crab<br>>Orchard Springs Hotel, Lincoln
County, Kentucky.<br>>Letter report on file with the Office of
State<br>>Archaeology, Lexington.<br>><br>>Miller, Sarah E. and A.
Gwynn Henderson<br>>2004 The “Saratoga of the South" Will Rise (or
Be<br>>Razed) Again: A Community's Perspective on the<br>>Benefits of
Archaeology. Paper presented at the 2004<br>>SHA meeting in St.
Louis.<br>><br>>I can send copies of both if you need
them.<br>><br>><br>>--- [log in to unmask] wrote:<br>><br>>
> We are currently doing a Phase I investigation of a<br>> >
property in the Pocono region of Pennsylvania (you<br>> > know -
heart-shaped tubs, honeymoon cottages, etc.).<br>> > We've found that
this property contains the remains<br>> > of an early incarnation
(late-19th to early-20th C.)<br>> > of what was to become this area's
substantial<br>> > vacation / resort industry during the second half
of<br>> > the 20th Century. While historians have devoted a<br>>
> good deal of attention to the Pocono vacation<br>> > wonderland,
it has been subjected to very little<br>> > archaeological
investigation. I'm wondering if<br>> > anyone knows of studies of this
sort of vacation /<br>> > resort site in other regions. Just a few
references<br>> > to give us an entry into the literature would
be<br>> > much appreciated.<br>> ><br>> > Thanks.<br>>
><br>> > Philip.<br>> ><br>> > Philip A. Perazio, M.A.,
RPA<br>> > Senior Principal Investigator<br>> > Kittatinny
Archaeological Research, Inc.<br>> > 609 Main Street, P.O. Box
1117<br>> > Stroudsburg, PA 18360<br>> > Phone: 570-421-9525;
FAX: 570-421-9527; Cell:<br>> > 570-350-8018<br>> > Email:
[log in to unmask]<br>> > please send large files to:<br>>
> [log in to unmask]<br>> ><br>><br>><br>>Sarah E.
Miller<br>>Kentucky Archaeological Survey<br>>1020 A. Export
Street<br>>Lexington, KY 40506<br>>USA<br>><br>>phone:
859-257-1944<br>>fax: 859-323-1968<br>><br>>
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