BARTLETT SPRINGS
LAKE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
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Bottling Plant before it burned |
Bottling Plant after it burned |
Gazebo, Hotel and Pool before it burned |
Gazebo, Hotel and Pool after it burned |
Bartlett Springs |
Bartlett Springs |
Time Line of Bartlett Springs
1870 -Bartlett Springs acquired by Green Bartlett and Mr. L. Thorpe who built a few crude cabins as the beginning of a new resort.
1873 -Bartlett Springs expands to a 2-story hotel and about 40 cabins.
1877 -Bartlett Springs slowly bought out by McMahon family.
1894 -Bartlett Springs listed as first-class resort with 5 hotels, 350 cabins, and other buildings serving 5,000 guests at once (Queen Marie of Rumania was a guest).
1934 -Bartlett Springs burns, never to reopen as a resort.
1985(86) -Vittel mineral water company of France opens bottling plant in Nice to bottle Bartlett Springs water, and to begin restoration of the resort.
2007- September 14th - Barlett Springs Arson fire, set by local marijuana farmers in rebellion of local raids on their farms! 8 fires were set during August to December. I hope they catch and jail these people for a long long time!
2008 - May 13th - Record Bee reported arrest in arson fires at Bartlett Springs <<read article click here
INDIAN VALLEY RESERVOIR
Hidden Valley Lake just north of Clearlake Oaks,
pretty full |
Hidden Valley Lake just north of Clearlake Oaks, empty |
Click here to see all the photos
http://www.clearlakevacationsonline.com/barlett_springs/index.html
BORAX LAKE
LAKE COUNTY, CA
A little history lesson on Borax Lake
 Photo by Jack Barker Personally, I have never seen Borax Lake look so beautiful! This photographer did a great job! |
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What is Borax? http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-borax.htm
History of Lake County
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No one has come up with the true
history of this little mural. Tucked away at the entrance to a downtown
alley by the Mount Whitney Hotel, the Borax Mural was probably an
advertisement in the first place. It was repainted in the early ‘90s. Background information: by Curtis Easton References: Columbia Encyclopedia, Lost Bonanzas- H. H. Brago. Borax is a compound of sodium, boron and oxygen with crystalline salt. In its pure form it’s colorless or white and is used as a cleaning agent, mild antiseptic, and water softener. Borax can be found in California, Oregan and Nevada. California is the chief source. Borax was first found in California in 1856 at Borax Lake in Lake County. It was found by Dr. J. A. Veatch. He began operations in 1864. Dennis Searles, Aaron Winters and Isadore Daunet were the first men to find borax in Death Valley in 1875. Winters sold his share for $20,000 to the Pacific Coast Borax Co. Daunet claimed old claims, then sold to Eagle Borax Works. Searles and his brothers looked for gold, but found borax, which became white gold. From 1900 to 1940 the Borax Company went to towns and had murals painted as advertisements. |
