More than the health benefits, Old Blount became known for its social scene as the gentry of the Black Belt and later the City of Birmingham took advantage of the cooler temperatures of the area during the heat and malarial conditions of late summer.

[citation needed] Besides hotels, cottages were available for guest use as well as horseback riding, gambling (permitted by state law only at water places), ten pins and plenty of spirits.

Visitors to the springs occasionally made the four-mile trip to the northeast to visit the nearby Bangor Cave.

It took every ounce of butter in the town and surrounding countryside to sooth the most famous body in the country.

Diamond Jim Brady, New York restaurateur and gentleman friend of Miss Russell, also accompanied her on the trip.

Other development plans by members of the Drennen family for a large village and resurgence of the springs never came to fruition.