The healing power of the mineral waters was known to Native Americans living near the Enoree River, and several early European visitors commented on them, including the architect Robert Mills, who in 1826 described the perfectly clear water as smelling strongly “like the washings of a gun barrel” and claimed it to be useful in “curing ring worms and other cutaneous disorders.”[1] In 1840, planter Burwell Chick opened a resort at the location, building a “large and commodious hotel.”[2] He also allowed some individual "cottages" to be built on the property.

By the 1850s, when the railroad had reached the Upstate, the resort attracted hundreds of visitors at a time and boosted the local economy, farmers “for ten and twenty miles around” finding a market for their livestock and produce.

The Company also constructed a swimming pool and opened a park that included picnic facilities and a large dance floor.

The amusement park and other properties on the tract were submerged in up to twenty feet of water, and the springs were filled with sand and mud.

[18] In the summer of 2024, a 8.6 acre parcel that included the spring was acquired by Taylors TownSquare, a community-based nonprofit organization, with the intention of creating a park following historic preservation analysis.

[19] As of January 2025, Taylors TownSquare is working with a historic preservation specialists to develop an existing conditions report and restoration plan for the site.