Bullet Ridden Tin Sign Chicos Hot Springs is a photograph by Edward Fielding which was uploaded on March 2nd, 2013.
Bullet Ridden Tin Sign Chicos Hot Springs
PLEASE NOTE: The FAA watermark does not appear on the final print.... more
Title
Bullet Ridden Tin Sign Chicos Hot Springs
Artist
Edward Fielding
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
PLEASE NOTE: The FAA watermark does not appear on the final print.
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Closeup of the old advertisement sign for Chico's Hot Springs resort. Eventually the classic hand painted tin sign had to be moved to a safer location on the resort at it had become such a target for drunken cowboy on the way home after leaving the Chico bar. Chico's Hot Springs Pray, Montana.
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Photography by Edward M. Fielding
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The first written record of the hot springs at Chico was in the diary of miner John S. Hackney, dated January 16, 1865. Then in the late 1890′s the hot springs flowed into two wooden tubs about four feet deep inside a small wooden building located where the hot springs come to the earths surface. The Main Lodge of Chico Warm Springs Hotel was opened in 1900 and a larger hot springs pool was built. The pool was 44 feet in diameter and six feet deep, and there were also private baths and baths for ladies only. By 1902 the Plunge was doubled in size and there were two large oval shaped pools, one six feet deep and one nine feet deep, which were completely enclosed in a wood building. Between 1917 and 1919 the Plunge was changed again one large rectangular pool took the place of the oval pools, a pool lobby was built (the current saloon) and additional lodging rooms were built as a second floor over the top of the pool lobby. The Plunge and building housing the pool went through further changes prior to the 1950′s. In May of 1957 the rounded roof over the Plunge collapsed on approximately 70 swimmers. Only two swimmers had minor injuries while everyone else walked away unharmed. The open air pool became popular with soakers and swimmers and the roof was never rebuilt over the large pool.
The Plunge was popular not just as a swimming pool, but as healing waters in the early days of the resort. There was advertising promoting the curative powers of the natural mineral hot springs pools for everything from kidney troubles to blood disease and skin disorders.
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Fine Art Photography by Edward M. Fielding
Uploaded
March 2nd, 2013
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Comments (27)
Edward Fielding
This sign used to be a roadside ad, but when I last saw it it was installed by the parking lot.
Pedro L Gili
Original shot, Ed! I like the sidebar text which I find very interesting to get a feel of the old days. Great picture! t v.
Sharon Elliott
OH MY GOOD|NESS, great shot.....makes me wonder if people just didn't like this, or retired it to target practice. LOL SE
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