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Title
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Woodhurst Villa, Excelsior Springs, Missouri
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Description
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Image of Woodhurst Villa owned by Dr. William S. Woods. According to the Kansas City Journal, July 5, 1917, "Of late years Dr. and Mrs. Woods have maintained a home at Excelsior Springs and divided their time between that and California."
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Mineral Springs and Spas in Metro Area
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Description
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Book presents information on historic mineral springs and spas in the state of Missouri. Includes Excelsior Springs and Reed Springs under Clay County and Cusenbary Spring, Jackson Lithia Spring, Vaile Spring and Young's Medical Well under Jackson County. More springs are listed for these counties in the appendix of the book.
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Date
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1905-06-26
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Legend of Peace Valley, Told by Wapoo, Keeper of the Springs
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Description
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Booklet relating "the story of how Wapoo, an Indian hunter, discovered the mineral springs now known as Excelsior Springs, in the ages long before white men set foot in the valley," with photos and illustrations.
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Date
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1940
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Marking Missouri History
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Description
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History of Excelsior Springs, Missouri, in Clay County, highlighting the popular medicinal use of the natural spring water there at Siloam Spring, leading to the town's founding in the 1880s. Description of famous visitors to the resort, including its later centralization under "the Hall of Waters in 1937," with photo.
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Date
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1998
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Report--City of Excelsior Springs, Mo., Year Ending April 1923
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Description
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Publication by the city government of Excelsior Springs, Missouri, describing the operations, urban planning, financing, etc., of the town centered around the attraction of Siloam Springs, with photos of the "Siloam Gardens (under construction," designed by Henry Hoit, architect, and George E. Kessler, landscape architect.
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Date
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1923
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Object Type
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Book
