This small town of about 3500 people located in the southwest corner of Missouri.
As we were heading through Missouri on our way west we decided to reminisce about Laurie’s teen aged years. She spent her early teenage years in El Dorado Springs. She has some fond and interesting memories of the town. She remembered the layout of the town and easily found her old house.
Laurie is standing in front of 315 St. James Street. This was her home for 3 years.
If only a road could talk. This took Laurie from her house to wherever things were going on in town.
This building, no empty, housed the billiards room for the folks in town to spend a nice Friday or Saturday evening. Laurie’s brother was given the job of carrying in the firewood to heat the pool hall in the colder months.
Main Street in El Dorado Springs had quite a bit of life the day we were there. Very few empty storefronts could be found.
This used to be a hotel run by one of Laurie’s friend’s families. Evidently it has been turned into a museum by the Historical Society. It was not open the day we were in town.
There was a really nicely done community park in the center of town. This park is centered around the actual spring in the town’s namesake.
This interesting fountain in the middle of the park had its water dyed blue for some reason. Maybe it prevents folks from trying to drink the water?
This is the spring the town was built around. In 1881 the town was chartered and folks came from all around to drink the water for its supposed medicinal purposes.
Small town memories to last a lifetime!!
Did you drink from the spring?
Not on this day! The sign said the water was currently non-potable.
It’s a bummer the museum was closed!