1881 Article
The local people of the Beaverhead Valley have always considered the springs on Source Ranch and the surrounding area as a place of healing. There are countless stories that have been passed down for generations about those whose health had been restored by the springs. It is even said that the Native American tribes of the area used the springs as a safe haven for their old and sick.
The below article was published on April 9, 1881, in the Dillon Tribune…
Cascade Springs
A thirty minute ride up the Beaverhead Valley in the comfortable coaches of the U& N Railway brings you to Cascade Springs, or rather to where the water from the springs tumble in some confusion down the bluff, falling a distance of about 200 feet.
The water from some of the springs has a temperature of about 90 degrees Fahr., while from others it is much cooler. The water, besides possessing rare medical properties, petrifies, or at least encases with stone, any substance with which it remains in contact any considerable length of time. Mr. P.T. Knowles, who owns the springs and adjoining grounds, is fitting up a summer resort, embracing a hotel, bath houses, etc., for the accommodation of pleasure seekers, or invalids who may wish to try the virtue of these healing waters. There are many natural wonders connected with these springs which present lack of space compels us to leave for another chapter.