It was advertised with outsize medical claims, including the ability to treat fevers and nervous disorders.
[1] One ad promised a "Marvelous Efficiency in Gout, Rheumatism, [and] Gastrointestinal Dyspepsia.
[3] At the height of its popularity, it was available in approximately 20,000 groceries and pharmacies in Europe, Canada, and the United States.
[5] The company was forced to change its name, rebranding itself as Buffalo Mineral Springs Water.
In the 1950s, the United States Army Corps of Engineers took possession of the property containing the original spring.