Sutherland Springs, Texas
In Sutherland Springs, Texas, Richard B. McCaslin explores the rise and fall of this rural community near San Antonio primarily through the lens of its aspirations to become a resort spa town, because of its mineral water springs, around the turn of the twentieth century. Texas real estate developer...
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| author | McCaslin, Richard B. |
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| description | In Sutherland Springs, Texas, Richard B. McCaslin explores the rise and fall of this rural community near San Antonio primarily through the lens of its aspirations to become a resort spa town, because of its mineral water springs, around the turn of the twentieth century. Texas real estate developers, initially more interested in oil, brought Sutherland Springs to its peak as a resort in the early twentieth century, but failed to transform the farming settlement into a resort town. The decline in water tables during the late twentieth century reduced the mineral water flows, and the town faded. Sutherland Springs’s history thus provides great insights into the importance of water in shaping settlement. Beyond the story of resort spa aspirations lies a history of the community and its people itself. McCaslin provides a complete history of Sutherland Springs from early settlement through Civil War and into the twentieth century, its agricultural and oil-drilling exploits alongside its mineral water appeal, as well as a complete community history of the various settlers and owners of the springs/hotel. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1637072025-08-04T07:29:54Z Sutherland Springs, Texas McCaslin, Richard B. History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas In Sutherland Springs, Texas, Richard B. McCaslin explores the rise and fall of this rural community near San Antonio primarily through the lens of its aspirations to become a resort spa town, because of its mineral water springs, around the turn of the twentieth century. Texas real estate developers, initially more interested in oil, brought Sutherland Springs to its peak as a resort in the early twentieth century, but failed to transform the farming settlement into a resort town. The decline in water tables during the late twentieth century reduced the mineral water flows, and the town faded. Sutherland Springs’s history thus provides great insights into the importance of water in shaping settlement. Beyond the story of resort spa aspirations lies a history of the community and its people itself. McCaslin provides a complete history of Sutherland Springs from early settlement through Civil War and into the twentieth century, its agricultural and oil-drilling exploits alongside its mineral water appeal, as well as a complete community history of the various settlers and owners of the springs/hotel. 2025-08-04T07:29:54Z 2025-08-04T07:29:54Z 2017 book ONIX_20250804T092739_9781574416855_5 9781574416855 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163707 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://muse.jhu.edu/book/49854 University of North Texas Press efad01f9-be72-48b8-9a81-c65ff201e963 9781574416855 320 open access |
| spellingShingle | History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas McCaslin, Richard B. Sutherland Springs, Texas |
| title | Sutherland Springs, Texas |
| title_full | Sutherland Springs, Texas |
| title_fullStr | Sutherland Springs, Texas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sutherland Springs, Texas |
| title_short | Sutherland Springs, Texas |
| title_sort | sutherland springs texas |
| topic | History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas |
| topic_facet | History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas |
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