Vale of Beauty Traditional Cache
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Small size cache. Country Time lemonade container, covered with camo tape. You do not have to go into the woods.
This is a historical place and very interesting to read and see. This marker is located along side of a fairly busy road, but there is plenty of parking in the gravel pull-off, but do be careful. There are a few markers here so be sure to read them all. Valhermoso Springs "Vale of Beauty" The restorative qualities of the mineral springs here attracted settlement in the early 1800s. Variously known as Chunn Springs (after Lancelot Chunn) and Manning Springs (after Robert Manning), the spot was named for early developers of the resort where a hotel and surrounding cabins were erected between 1818 and 1823. By 1834, when the first post ofice was established, it was called White Sulphur Springs. Jean Joseph Giers acquired the hotel and surrounding property in 1856, renaming it "Valhermoso Springs." Into the 20th century, travelers from all over the world came to the hotel and springs seeking relief from rheumatism, insomnia, consumption, and ailments of the skin, kidneys, stomach, and liver. The hotel closed in the 1920s and was destroyed by tornado in 1950.
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 Kid Friendly  Lunchtime Cache  Night Cache  Dogs Allowed
 Available year-round  Less than 500 ft. from car to cache
 Snakes
 Accessible in Winter
 Bring a pen or pencil  Historic Site  Park n Grab
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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