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Zzyzx Mineral Springs | Baker, California
Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Resort was a utopian healing center in the Mojave Desert of California, founded in 1944 by Curtis Howe Springer. Springer, a self-proclaimed medical doctor, Methodist minister, and popular radio evangelist, filed mining claims on 12,800 acres of federal land that included the Soda Springs oasis. He named the area Zzyzx, claiming it to be the last word in the English language. The resort offered mineral water, heated mineral baths, specialized diets, lectures, religious services, and access to the Mojave Desert's clean air and sunshine. Springer also bottled water from the springs and provided drinks for travelers. To attract families, he imported animals from around the country and built a two-story castle, dining hall, library, lecture room, pool house, goat farm, and rabbit rooms. ARIZON 2020
Zzyzx Mineral Springs | Baker, California
Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Resort was a utopian healing center in the Mojave Desert of California, founded in 1944 by Curtis Howe Springer. Springer, a self-proclaimed medical doctor, Methodist minister, and popular radio evangelist, filed mining claims on 12,800 acres of federal land that included the Soda Springs oasis. He named the area Zzyzx, claiming it to be the last word in the English language. The resort offered mineral water, heated mineral baths, specialized diets, lectures, religious services, and access to the Mojave Desert's clean air and sunshine. Springer also bottled water from the springs and provided drinks for travelers. To attract families, he imported animals from around the country and built a two-story castle, dining hall, library, lecture room, pool house, goat farm, and rabbit rooms. ARIZON 2020