BARTLETT SPRINGS

BARTLETT SPRINGS WAS AN UPPER LAKE HOT SPRINGS DEVELOPED AS A RESORT IN THE 1870'S (LAKE COUNTY) AND I RECORDED SOME OF THE ORIGINAL BUILDINGS AND MADE SOME INTERVIEWS OF OLD TIMERS. THE SITE COVERED 1990 ACRES. IT WAS THE LARGEST RESORT IN LAKE COUNTY AT THE TIME. A MINERAL SPRING WAS DISCOVERED THERE BY A NAPA MAN GREENE BARTLETT. THE BUILDING HAD BEEN TOTALLY REBUILT IN 1989 BY ZANE GREY, THE RESORTS CARETAKER SINCE 1982.

THERE ORIGINALLY WERE THREE HOTELS, CAMPING AREAS, TWO STORES, A MINERAL STEAM BATH, A BOTTLING FACILITY, A CONCERT HALL, STORES, A DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND OTHER RECREATION ACTIVITIES. THESE INCLUDED BOWLING , SWIMMING, GOLF, CROQUET, TENNIS, RIDING, AND OTHERS. GREENE BARTLETT SUFFERED FROM ARTHRITIS, AND BELIEVED THE SPRING HAD HEALING QUALITIES. IT WAS LIKE A LITTLE OF IT'S OWN. UNFORTUNATELY THE RESORT LODGE BURNED TO THE GROUND BY AN ARSONIST IN 1982. WE HAD AN OLD PHOTO OF THIS ELABORATE WOODEN CARVED BUILDING WITH AN OUTSIDE PORCH. AT THE FOREST SERVICE IN UPPER LAKE.

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