Plaque for Chico Hot Springs, listed in the National Register of…

CHICO HOT SPRINGS -l ' > ' 'zters invite ' "lungs and healing v ndas, )eriod {urms . . . Vth) Gene'rgiusrigreiperieiicettIrn-ol-thercentur)hospital) unttlul b: r r r _ y n l ' - s V Liliiiciii of Emigrant Peak. The hot springsdlong 2151716: iii'iicwm I I g TTi [)7 T V7 T H E ' r " lstnrt tiring 16 c r native peoples, got their commtrua In " ~ - )'- ls. period when miners stopped by to bathe alnld} C: ashcthcill (illfjipmo N AT I O N A L ' ~ ' 0rc~ V; 3, D 1876,3ninventivesettlcrtappcdintotie _ eD .,_- ) itunder his greenhouse to grow vegetables tor local lksldLlllS. A R E C; I S T E R hotel was planned in the 18805, but in 1892, there were still no OF " i ' - ' Percie Iacrlitles and families camped nearb} to EDJO} the springs and Bill Knowles inherited the property in 1894. They ran a H I S T O R I C boardinghouse for miners and in 1900, built the longrawaited hot springs hotel. Under Knowles' acthic promotion, uniformed P L A C E S drivers ferried sueli guests as Teddy Roosevelt and art 151 Charlie BY THE L'XITED sures Russell from the Emigrant depot to the springs, When Bill Knowl n Rndbourne transformed the owners and n ew directions IN COOPERATION WITH j be ing and dude ranching. In 1976, Mike and Eve Art THE amgtiair; recapanng the once-famous hotel's turn-of thementur) nce. ieo H t ' architecture a o Springs, With its Ge nd warm Craftsman style interiorgian-inspirEd M O N TA N A Montanas best preserved e OYS/ hmsprings hotel and health 2:33.65 of an early ('enuels c2233; HIOS TO RICA L