Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 54, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 9, 1995 Page: 2 of 20
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DETDA focuses
on trauma care
LUFKIN -- The Deep East Texas
Development Association will
focus attention on efforts to im
prove trauma care in Deep East
Texas at its Friday, July 28, meet
ing.
The program will begin at 10
a.m. at Crown Colony Country
Club in Luflein.
Presented by the Deep East
Texas Trauma Review Committee
and officials from the Texas
Department of Health, the program
will outline efforts to develop ef-
fective methods for dealing with
severe injuries which may require
treatment at area hospitals or
specialty centers outside the region.
"The need for an effective
trauma care program is obvious in
Deep East Texas, and we know that
healthcare professionals, public of-
ficials, and others will find the
program of interest," said Roger
Wiegreffe of Livingston, president
of DETDA.
Jon Lamkin, administrator of
Memorial Medical Center,
Livingston, is in charge of the
program.
Reservations for the meeting
may be made by calling DETDA at
(409) 639-4734 in Lufkin by
Thursday morning, July 27. The fee
is. $10, which includes a buffet
lunch.
DETDA is a 12-county organiza-
tion which focuses on economic
development, healthcare, tourism,
highways and other regional im-
provements in Angelina, Houston,
Nacogdoches, Polk, San Jacinto,
San Augustine, Sabine, Shelby,
Tyler, Trinity, Newton and Jasper
counties.
NTERPRISE,
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NDAY, JULY 9,1995
Trinity Valley Trivia
- By DON HENDRIX'
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Everyone sought natural springs
If you look through the editions
of the Enterprise from the 1910s,
it’s not hard to find references to
local folks taking a trip to their
favorite natural spring resorts, par-
taking of the magic mineral waters,
nature’s answer to Gcritol.
Mineral springs were big in
Texas, with hundreds of such
resorts, some dating back to the
1830s. And where these springs
were found, towns often sprang up
to cater to the people who were
convinced that drinking or bathing
in the waters there would insure
them the best of health. At least
105 of Texas’ 254 counties could
boast of having some medicinal
mineral waters. Two popular ones
in East Texas were at Saratoga and
Sour Lake.
The golden age for the sprintgs
was from about 1870 to 1899,
peaking during the 1890s. One of
the things that increased the atten-
dance at the spring resorts was the
development of the railroads after
the Civil War, making it easier for
people to travel in general and to
visit their favortic resort in par-
ticular. In fact, the railroads were
one of the greatest promoters of the
springs because it meant ticket
sales for them.
One of the earliest mineral
spring resorts in Southeast Texas
was at Sour Lake, where barracks
and bathhouses were built for
guests as early as 1857. In the
1960s, (when I lived at San Angelo
in West Texas, the nearby com-
munity of Christoval was still
legend for having been a famous
mineral spring resort. When I lived
there it was still a favorite swim-
ming spot among the local folks.
The most successful resort in
Texas was at Mineral Wells. In the
early 1900s, the number of people
who visited the springs there was
150,000 a year. You can imagine
the economic clfccl this would
have on a town of only 8,000.
Large hotels and boarding
houses were built around the most
popular springs, and social ac-
tivities, too. kept the customers springs, please share it .with our
coming. Some bathhouses included readers by calling me at the En-
drinking pavilions, doctors offices terprise.
and dancing floors. At many of the 1nwp" y m up e--1 ’ jj m
springs in West Texas, c.ni>-.ri..mc TkiLl m — H
were established, attracting many
ill people desparatc for any kind of
t ure.
The natural springs and resorts
(ol Texas was the subject of a
writeup by Janet Valen/a in a
recent issue of the Southwestern
Historical Quarterly, and its author
listed all the developed mineral
wells in the stale. The one that got
my attention was called Sulphur
Springs, and its location was Cor-
rigan.
1 asked around about Sulphur
Springs, but no one I talked to had
ever heard of it, If you know any-
thing about this local mineral
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LIVINGSTON - The monthly !
Polk County Chamber of Com- ‘
mcrcc Business After Hours gather-
ing w’ift be held beginning at 5:30
p.m. Tuesday, July 11, at The
Texas Pepper restaurant on U.S. 59
North, bypass.
Door prizes will be awarded,
refreshments will be available and
there will be a chamber member-
ship drawing for which chamber
members must be present to win.
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Bring the kids out to the.
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Now open 7 days a week
for the summer
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Located Hwy. 190 W. Onalaska
Next To The Onalaska Tire Center
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Indian Country
Living Indian Village
Restaurant
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Train Ride
Indian Dances
Gift Shop
Museum
Camping is available for the outdoors-
man. The 26-acre Lake Tombigbee
features over 130 campsites from
primitive sites, electricity & water to
RV hookups. Fishing, swimming and
hiking trails can all be done.
For more information call:
1-800-444-3507 i
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You're
•Cordially invited
to the
[Polk County Chamber of Commerce^
Business After Hours
Tuesday, July 11th
Beginning At
530 p.m.
DINNER SPECIALS
*1" Off Dinners
3 PM TILL CLOSING
MONDAY-Chicken Strip Dimer
TUESDAY • Chicken Fried Steak Dinner
WEDNESDAY-Ribs Or Quail-
AIL YOU CAN EAT
THURSDAY-QuesodHIa
FRIDAY - Enchilada Dinner
SATURDAY-8BQ Plate
DINE IN ONLY
Thanks To You For Making Our Business A Success!
The AT exas A Pepper
930 Hwy 59 N. Loop • Livingston
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 54, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 9, 1995, newspaper, July 9, 1995; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth789575/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.