Illustrations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. INTRODUCTION Vanishing Places 1
6. CHAPTER I Taking the Waters 5
7. CHAPTER 2 Historic Watering Tradition 14
8. CHAPTER 3 Texas' Resorts 30
9. CHAPTER 4 Places Lived: Recapturing Past Landscapes 44
10. CHAPTER 5 Daily Spa Life 64
11. CHAPTER 6 Marketing the Waters 95
12. CHAPTER 7 The Experience of Bathing 115
13. CHAPTER 8 Places Lost 139
14. POSTSCRIPT Song of the Sacred Waters 151
15. APPENDIX A County List of Medicinal Wells and Springs 155
16. APPENDIX B Regional guide to Texas' Medicinal Waters 163
17. Notes 219
18. Bibliography 231
19. Index 255