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Region: Middle Tennessee
Time Zone: Central  Macon County's Areas 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are shown in red.  Two covered bridges span the creek in Red Boiling Springs. You may drive or walk across them. Historic Red Boiling Springs ... 
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How It All Began
Edmund Jennings was a Kentucky hunter who was among the first to find his way
into this valley. This was around 1830. Jennings, upon
returning to his home in Kentucky, told his friends and neighbors about the
beautiful new area he had discovered.
Shepherd Kirby was one of the first settlers to move his family to the area
after hearing about Jenning's find. For years Kirby had suffered from
eye infections. As the story goes, one day Kirby was hewing logs for the
home he was building, when the pain in his eyes became so intense he quit
working and went to the nearby spring to wash his eyes. By the next morning, the
misery and suffering from his eye infection had improved tremendously, so he
continued washing his eyes daily with the spring water. Within a short time, his eye
infection, which had plagued him for his entire life, disappeared.
Talk of Shepherd Kirby's miraculous healing spread fast and, before long,
travelers seeking cures for every disease known to man came by. When
they returned to their homes, the visitors brought back new stories of their own personal
healings. They also brought back the second-hand tales of the incredible
healing of others.
As the lure of the healing waters spread swiftly throughout the world, more
and more families began coming to the area, at first seeking the healing
waters, and then moving to the town that sprang up around the waters.
During the spring and only during certain times of the day, the new settlers
noticed a red-tinted water bubbling up out of the ground. The red bubbling
water looked like it was boiling, and shortly thereafter the little town, once
known an Salt Lick Creek, became known as Red Boiling Springs.
Red Boiling Springs Today
Red Boiling Springs is a city of just over 1,000 people nestled in a beautiful
valley in Macon County, Tennessee.
While they are here, visitors have a chance to relax in one of the beautiful hotels, escaping back into the "mineral
springs" era in time. (The mineral springs era was at its peak from
1860 to 1930.) This is a peaceful country setting where visitors can
rock on the porch, stroll along the creek, enjoy the beautiful trees and
landscaping, read a book, take a mineral bath, have a therapeutic massage,
play a little golf, enjoy delicious meals, visit the local attractions in and
around Red Boiling Springs, and simply get away from the hustle
and bustle of the world.
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