[6][7] A lease dispute in April 1869 between the proprietor and the New York and Gettysburg Spring Company resulted in a forcible entry at the bottling plant.

[9] The hotel also hosted officers from the Battle of Gettysburg in 1882 for John B. Bachelder's survey of the battlefield.

[12] This transfer enabled the completion of the railbed and wagon road on the west slope of McPherson Ridge, utilizing construction methods pioneered by Thomas Telford.

[13] Additional tracts of land from the Gettysburg Springs & Hotel property were transferred to the War Department in June 1907 and December 1913.

[11] The land that was privately owned became part of the Gettysburg Country Club golf course, until purchased by the National Park Service in 2011.