Name: Boiling Spring

 

County: Teton

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1104821W

Latitude: 442100N

 

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Elevation: 7871/2399

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Spring

 

Origin of Name:

This needle bath plunge is a hot and cold spring not only healing and medicinal but in history a neutral territory among the early Indians. Here all the tribes would lay aside their weapons to bathe and drink the healing water. The springs were also a landmark mentioned in the maps of the Lewis and Clark expedition as "Boiling Springs." The springs were acquired by location by Charles DeMaris in 1885. 

Source: WPA

 

Other Names: Boiling Springs

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Shoshone Geyser Basin

 

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