History

 In the early 1900's Jackson Springs was a bustling community, complete with a grand hotel, drugstore, train depot, bowling alley, and various other businesses.  The town had become famous for its flowing springs of mineral water which many believed had therapeutic qualities.  The springs helped give the town notoriety as a health resort. Doctors of that time firmly believed that daily drinking of the water would help cure "whatever ailed you." In 1904, members of the Page family attended the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, sometimes called the World Fair of St. Louis. They were regular visitors of Jackson Springs and apparently took samples of the mineral water to St. Louis. It was judged second best medicinal water in America, winning the silver medal. Jackson Springs water was bottled and shipped out to many locales.  In addition, numerous visitors came to Jackson Springs during its heyday to drink the water, stay at the hotel, and enjoy the amenities the community had to offer. Unfortunately, times changed, the hotel burned in 1932, and with the ensuing Depression, recovery to its former grandeur became impossible. Although it is not the bustling town it once was, for two centuries people from all over have come to be a part of the quiet community called Jackson Springs.