Their ranch featured an old Indian spring, the mud of which was claimed to be able to heal cuts and skin diseases.

One listing in 1913 stated that rooms were between $12–14 per week and the resort was reachable by stagecoach which ran to Chico nearly daily.

[5] During the filming of The Adventures of Robin Hood, many of the actors frequented the resort at Richardson Springs.

During World War II, soldiers stayed at the hotel; the imposed rationing of gasoline and other goods slowed patronage.

However, with business not picking up, the site was sold to Springs of Living Water, Inc., a non-profit Christian organization, in 1968.