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Image from chicksprings.org Previously, I detailed the results of my research into the deeds of Chick Springs . Next, I detailed the news of the hotel and the springs  found in Google's news archives. This time I use Google's news archives to discover what events took place at the hotel and the surrounding land. No Greenville papers are available in the news archives, but the Spartanburg Herald-Journal is available and luckily for us they paid close attention to events at Chick Springs. 1907-03-30, Spartanburg Weekly Herald, Teachers Meet At Chick Springs This Summer : The State Teachers' Association chose Chick Springs as the site of its next meeting scheduled June 24-26, 1907. 1907-04-02, Spartanburg Weekly Herald, Teachers Meet At Chick Springs This Summer : A reprint of the March 30 article above. 1907-06-18, Spartanburg Herald-Journal, State Teachers to Meet at Chick Springs : More information about the association meeting. 1912-05-28, Spartanburg Herald-J...

Previously, I detailed the results of my research into the deeds of Chick Springs. This time I show the newspaper coverage I found in Google's news archives. The results are surely not complete due to imperfections in Google's character recognition, but it is a great start for someone looking for more information than the usual summary of the history of Chick Springs. June 10, 1859, The Charleston Mercury, Chick's Springs : This may come as a surprise to you, but advertisements play with the truth at times and this one is no exception. In this case, "mountain air" is overdoing it bit since resort's elevation is about 900ft at best, and the resort is nowhere near a mountain. But it makes good copy. December 16, 1907, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Chick Springs Hotel Burned : The free preview reveals the hotel burned with a loss of about $60,000. May 8, 1913, Spartanburg Herald-Journal, To Chick Springs By Trolley Soon : A short article speculating that ...