Bullochville

As a girl the only images of stagecoaches were in "wild west" movies. It stands to reason that they were used throughout the country. I never pictured a stagecoach in Warm Springs.

My grandmother, Mabel Bulloch, was born May 12, 1894. Four months later this photograph of a stagecoach filled with people was taken in front of the Meriwether Inn.

The stagecoach was known as the "Tally-Ho" and was used to transport patrons of the inn to and from the railroad station. Meriwether Inn was built ca. 1870 on the site of another hotel that had burned. It closed ca. 1920s due to the decline in the number of visitors wishing to take advantage of the warm springs in the area.
















Warm Springs was a tiny little place with dirt roads. Yet the most influential man in the world chose to retreat here. At one time Warm Springs was described as the Poconos but in the south. But that day came and went with the significance of the Railroads.

Trains brought all these people to vacation in the Inn. They also brought Roosevelt to Warm Springs.