Sweet Springs Health Resort and Bottling Works, Sweet Springs, MO.

ID: 771 ~ Source: "Sweet Springs Chamber of Commerce." Facebook. Accessed July 1, 2023. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=206016945114253&set=pb.100071178457557.-3307520000. ~ Creator: University of Central Missouri Department of History, TJ Banholzer ~ Date: n. d.

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Sweet Springs Health Resort and Bottling Works, Sweet Springs, MO. — "Sweet Springs Chamber of Commerce." Facebook. Accessed July 1, 2023.

This is a photo of a reproduction pagoda similar to the one that stood at this site in the late 1800s when the Health Resort was in operation. Mineral water was bottled on-site and then shipped to various parts of the country. The bottling operation ceased production in 1920.

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Sweet Springs Missouri Health Resort

By University of Central Missouri Department of History, TJ Banholzer

Of the history of Sweet Springs, the main defining element of its past is the wonderful natural mineral springs that permeate the area. In fact, it is such an important part of the identity of this town, that it was renamed Sweet Springs in 1887…