 The springs, known to local Native American tribes for their therapeutic value, first came to the attention of settlers in the 1880s.An elaborate resort opened up in 1912, and was characterized as "the most noted pleasure and health resort on the
Pacific Coast" until it burned down in 1916.The resort was rebuilt on a much less grand scale in the 1920s, and was operated into the 1970s until it ran into trouble with its thermal spring in the 1970s.