Page 17 - History of the Dearborn Mineral Springs
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The townspeople realized that


                                                                                                                              even an enlarged Eagle Hotel


                                                                                                                              could not keep up with the


                                                                                                                              demand for accommodations.


                                                                                                                              They raised the money through

                                                                                                                              stock in the Woodstock Hotel


                                                                                                                              Company and built the


                                                                                                                              Woodstock Inn in 1892 for


                                                                                                                              $120,000. As investors


                                                                                                                              considered building the


                                                                                                                              Woodstock Inn, they knew the


                                                                                                                              appeal of a medicinal spring.


                                                                                                                              No one was willing to invest


                                                                                                                              money unless there were


                                                                                                                              medicinal waters in


                                                                                                                              Woodstock.
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