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World Famous Mineral Springs<\/h2>\n

Why is Colfax, Iowa, known as \u2018The Spring City?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

Underneath the ground lies Colfax\u2019s best kept secret, the mineral water!\u00a0 In the 1870s, underground mineral water, which was a cure-all health craze at the time, was discovered in Colfax. The water sparked health resort and bottling industries which made Colfax a world famous destination at the turn of the 20th Century.\u00a0 Thousands of visitors would flock to Colfax to \u2018drink the cure’, bathe, and relax. Plain, flavored, and carbonated water was bottled and shipped around the country. While the mineral water industries dried up by the 1920\u2019s, Colfax still strives to celebrate and honor its once famous waters by preserving its past while telling its story to the future generations.<\/p>\n

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