Carson Hot Springs is a natural

hot spring A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a Spring (hydrology), spring produced by the emergence of Geothermal activity, geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow ...

located in

Carson City, Nevada Carson City, officially the Carson City Consolidated Municipality, is an Independent city (United States), independent city and the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 58,63 ...

, in the Eagle Valley. The spring emits approximately of geothermally heated

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per minute, and is the largest hot spring in the Eagle Valley. The groundwater originates at below the Earth's surface, and the pools at the site are filled with water pumped from the spring. Today, it is a

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that provides private indoor soaking areas, an outdoor swimming pool, massage and dining.

History

The Carson Hot Springs were first used by Washoe Native Americans in the area. In 1849,

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to California during the

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happened upon the springs. In 1880, bathhouses and various accommodations such as dressing rooms, a swimming pool and diving board were built at the site. Weekly rates for room and board were provided at this time, at $10, $12 and $14, respectively ($10 is $ in ). Around this time, a hotel was constructed next to the hot springs, and patrons were transported from Carson City to the site by horse and buggy. Circa 1872, the site was purchased from George Bath by Shubael Thaddeus Swift, the Sheriff of Ormsby County, who named it after himself. Another ownership change occurred in 1894 when James Shaw purchased the site and then renamed it to "Shaw's Warm Springs." The site was renamed to its present name in the early 1900s by a business group led by

George Wingfield George Wingfield (August 16, 1876 – December 25, 1959) was a Nevada cattleman and gambler who became a financier, investor and one of the state's most powerful economic and political figures during the period from 1909 to 1932. With future sen ...

and Fred Dangberg. The business group expanded the property by constructing a club house, which was attended by

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s in the 1930s and 1940s. Around 1910, the Carson Brewing Company began producing bottled

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sourced from Carson Hot Springs and bottled soft drinks. Boxer "Gentleman Jim" Corbett trained at Carson Hot Springs in preparation for his 1897 boxing match with Robert Fitzsimmons.

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* {{Coord, 39, 11, 40, N, 119, 45, 07, W, region:US_type:landmark, display=title Hot springs of Nevada Carson City, Nevada

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