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Connelly Springs
North Carolina
Connelly Springs
North Carolina
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Mineral Water
Mrs. Elmira Connelly washed the family clothes in water from a spring on their property. Her white clothes always had a yellowish tint and in 1885 she had the water tested by Mr. W. H. Taylor, State Chemist of Virginia.
In his analysis, Mr. Taylor found the water to have a high content of BI-Carbonate of iron, (130 grs. per gallon). He informed Mrs. Connelly that in his opinion the water would be beneficial in healing a large number of diseases. Soon the news of the mineral springs spread and visitors began to visit Happy Home to drink the wonderful, healing water. Some arrived by horse and wagon and carted the water away in five-gallon demijohns. Other’s arrived by train from far away destinations.
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