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The author investigates historic springs, leading to an underground history of the Niagara, New York region, presenting the colorful stories of Bootleg Spring, Devil's Cave Spring, Hollow Log Salt Spring and Sulphur Springs. The hidden Chief Joseph Brant Spring is revealed shrouded in abandoned mystery along with its disturbing past as a A European Military Associated Mohawk Habitation Site during the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. In those early times, the abundant spring water was regarded as a medicine for cure and healing. A look at the mineral content shows local springs contained ingredients that had healing potential: bicarbonate of soda used for stomach, digestion, coughs; lithium used for mood disorders; salt for wounds and mouth sores, and other minerals that were regarded as helpful.

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James M Boles, EdD, is a retired CEO of People Inc., a Western New York health and human service organization. A Western New York Native, in 1998 he founded the Museum of disABILITY History, Buffalo New York and received the Hervey B Wilber Historic Preservation Award for his work with the museum. Under President George W. Bush, he was appointed for two terms on the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. Now retired, Boles lectures and writes about the past with an interest in early care and healing.

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