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Title: Hotels in Colfax, Iowa, Mason House, Centropolis, Old Monte Colfax, The Grand, Victoria Sanitarium
Description: Looking at several hotels in Colfax, Iowa, including the Mason House, the Centropolis, the Old Monte Colfax, The Grand and the Victoria Sanitarium. Colfax is known, far and near, as "Spring City," owing to its numerous mineral springs, which are of great, medicinal virtue in the treatment of many diseases. Its large hotels call thousands here annually, for both pleasure and health. 1906 postmark.
Date Created: 1906
PID: grinnell:13317

Title: Mason House and mineral springs, Colfax, Iowa, Mason Hotel
Description: The Mason House was built in 1881 by William Mason Croft, mayor of Colfax, and was located closest to the train depot. In the process of drilling for coal in 1875, a well containing high mineral content was discovered near Colfax. The city flourished with this new discovery, and over the next four decades, thousands of people visited the town to partake in the healing powers of the fourteen mineral springs there. 1909 postmark. Number 157064.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14426

Title: Mason House, Colfax, Iowa, Croft, Martha J.
Description: The three-story wooden Mason House was run by Mrs. Martha J. Croft, a favorite resort for traveling men, as well as for those who sought rest and the benefit of the spring water. 1915 postmark. Number 36826.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14424

Title: Victoria Sanitorium Park, Colfax, Iowa, Victoria Sanitarium Park
Description: Outside activities at the sanitorium. Built in 1904, when Florence Brown Sherbon, A. M., M. D., her husband, John Bayard Sherbon, M. D., and her father James Brown, incorporated the Victoria Sanatorium and Mineral Spring. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14570