Beall Springs
People at the spring
The spring is not just a place to gather water.
Before and after the hotel existed, the spring has been a local meeting place and a destination for travellers.
Some of them are pictured here.
Beall family album tintype photo copied by Samuel Oliver Beall
Minerva Massey Beall (1818-1885).
Note the tin cup atop the post for those who didn't bring a container.
Water from the spring spout fills a pitcher at lower right.
Photo by Augustine Phillips, August 2001
Annie L. Phillips Beall travelled from Washington state to trace her family heritage in Warren County.
Photo by Dave Krok, 27 Nov 2009
Suzanne Beall stopped by from Chicago with fiancé Dave Krok during a visit to family in Macon, GA.
This was her first visit to the spring.
Photo by Chris Beall, 24 May 2017
Sheila and Chris Beall, from New York state, took a break for drinks while on a trip researching family genealogy and the history of the spring.
Photo by Chris Beall, 24 May 2017
Milton Hall, who has lived in the area all his life, went to the store to buy the spring water that helps his joint pain, but they were sold out so he came to the spring to try it out.
Photo by Becky Corley, 23 Oct 2019
Becky Corley's class at Mildred E. Freeman Elementary in Warrenton is learning about water and visited the spring for some hands-on research.
Photo by Becky Corley, 23 Oct 2019
The class measured the time to collect one gallon of water at 2 minutes, 5 seconds, just under half of the historic flow rate!
Much of Georgia has been suffering from drought, 'severe' in the area where the spring is located.
Photo by Becky Corley, 23 Oct 2019
Nobody leaves the spring empty-handed.