Montvale Springs is a location in Blount County, Tennessee, United States, that was once the site of a fashionable resort hotel, and is now a summer camp.

It is said that Sam Houston, later president of the Republic of Texas, discovered the springs that gave the resort its name.

[3] In 1832 the local entrepreneur Daniel Davis Foute bought 6,300 acres (2,500 ha) of land on Chilhowee Mountain, including a black sulphur spring, and built a ten-room log hotel.

Foute used Cherokee laborers to build roads to connect the hotel to turnpikes to Georgia and North Carolina.

At its peak, Montvale was one of the most fashionable of the great watering places, providing luxurious accommodation, food and entertainment.

[15] Some guests would spend the entire summer at the resort, paying $40 per month for room and board to escape from the heat of the south.

[17] However, the Confederate general Daniel Smith Donelson died of chronic diarrhea at the resort on 17 April 1863.

With no direct railroad service, the hotel was forced to rely on guests from closer by, with less money to spend.

Guests could play in the new billiard hall, with three tables, in the ten-pin bowling alley or on the croquet pitch.

Although she was known for the realism of her tales, in fact she was from a wealthy family and would have had little real contact with the local people while staying at the resort.

[4] With the advent of the automobile, allowing for much easier travel to more distant locations, Montvale Springs and other small resorts went out of fashion.

The YMCA arranged for summer camps and group retreats for children and families, with a range of outdoor sports and activities.

However, Harmony Property Group found itself in difficulty after launching an 80-lot development just before the 2008 financial crisis, and was foreclosed on by Knoxville auctioneer Sam Furrow.

[24] Furrow's Camp Investment LLC leased the property to Harmony Adoptions, and in 2012 successfully secured a protective easement to prevent any future development.