Ukiah Vichy Springs Resort

This is one of the rare bronzes more careful than the state register behind it. The register still says Frank Marble discovered the springs in 1848; the 1991 bronze puts discovered in quotation marks and opens with the Native Americans, in this valley the Pomo, who used the water for thousands of years first. William Day opened a resort in 1854, and it has traded ever since on the claim that its warm, naturally carbonated water matches the springs of Vichy. The resort is private; the plaque stands in its parking lot.

What the plaque says

Ukiah Vichy Springs Resort Native Americans used these springs for thousands of years before Frank Marble "discovered" them in 1848. William Day established the resort here in 1854. Ukiah Vichy represents one of the oldest continuously operating mineral springs resorts in California. Its waters remain among the most important of the thermal, alkaline-carbonated waters so highly valued by both European and American believers in hydrotherapy. It is the only mineral spring in California that resembles the famed Grand Grille Springs of Vichy, France. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 980 Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with Vichy Springs Resort, June 6, 1991.

Where it stands

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