Last Proprietors

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This file appears in: Crab Orchard Springs

Joe Willis and his wife operated Crab Orchard Springs from the 1890s to the 1920s. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Crab Orchard Springs

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #152 in Crab Orchard notes the popular mineral springs resort that operated there for almost one hundred years. Kentucky, much like its mother-state Virginia, was home to numerous…