[3][4][better source needed] He lived in the cabin he built there until he was evicted by the newly formed United States Forest Service (USFS) in the early 1900s.

[4][better source needed] McCredie Springs post office operated intermittently from September 14, 1926, until October 2, 1953.

During its heyday in the 1930s, the resort was served by five Southern Pacific passenger trains each day which increased its poularity.

[3] The hotel burned to the ground in 1958 and the Christmas flood of 1964 destroyed the bridge that provided access to the springs and damaged the swimming pool.

[8][9] The mineral content includes: sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, aluminum, silicon dioxide, boron, lithium, bicarbonate, sulfate, chlorine, fluorine.