1823 Bedford Springs and Hotel

Category: Markers

Marker reads, Mineral springs discovered ca. 1840 by Mr. and Mrs. Noah Parker, who found water unusual in taste and of medicinal value. The Parkers soon erected hotel and, with son Nathan, owned and managed noted antebellum health resort, which fostered Bedfords growth. After the 1851 cholera epidemic, resort declined. The former hotel burned in 1967.