The Sharpe and Mooney families purchased the Garland Mineral Springs property on March 2, 1953.
Prior owners of the Garland site include:
- 1951-1952 - Ralph & Ruth E. Taylor, Wenatchee Wash. - Ralph was listed as the owner of Garland Mineral Springs in Washington State mining/mineral-operation directories mailing address — Box 1135, Wenatchee, Washington. Taylor's operation was described “in current production” under the product category of mineral water. The DNR mining-operation directories treated Garland not just as a resort, but as a mineral-water production operation. It suggests Ralph Taylor was not merely holding land; he was recognized by the state as operating Garland’s mineral water resource commercially or semi-commercially in the early 1950s.
- 1943-1950 - C. Guy / Cecil Guy Evans, Index, Wash. - Evans was specifically the named operating contact during WWII when Garland was used as a Coast Guard training camp. Cecile Evans Lindquist’s obituary says she was the daughter of Cecil Guy Evans and Anne Marie Coles Evans and “spent her early years at the family’s resort, Garland Mineral Springs.” There is also a very interesting federal record: S. Rept. 78-616, “C. Guy Evans, Garland Mineral Springs, Index, Wash.” dated December 17, 1943. It relates to a private relief bill, S. 1589, for C. Guy Evans specifically “for relief of C. Guy Evans, Garland Mineral Springs, Index, Washington.” This may relate to a damage/loss/payment claim connected with military use of the reso
- 1926-1942 - A. H. “Bert” Garland, Wenatchee - Garland expanded the property into the full spa-resort with a 22 room lodge, 25 cabins, a heated pool, and related facilities, prospering through the Depression.
1935 and 1937 Catholic Northwest Progress ads for Garland Mineral Springs advertised mineral water cures, doctor in attendance. Garland water is promoted as beneficial for diabetes, arthritis, and other ailments.
- 1935 Mrs. J. M. Lippert Manager
- 1937 W. L. Kaupp Manager
- 1937 Ted Dash Masseur
- There is an A. M. “Bert” Garland, of Wenatchee who may be the same as A. H. “Bert” Garland of Wenatchee
- A. M. “Bert” Garland owned The Garland Building at 111 Orondo Avenue in Wenatchee. Built in 1922 it housed the Orondo Recreation Club with a billiard room in the basement, a card room, tobacco shop, and lunch counter on the main floor, and apartments/sleeping rooms upstairs.
- Bert Garland and Al Roth purchased Miller’s bottling works in Wenatchee. Miller’s bottling works bottled Olympia Beer and later soft drinks.
- Local lore has long suggested that Garland Mineral Springs may have had a more colorful Prohibition-era chapter. At least one person on NWHikers.net recounted the story of having pre-1950s Garland memorabilia that included a slot machine.
- 1896-1925 Dr. J. N. Starr, Snohomish, Wash - Starr Hot Springs. His wife Carrie Starr Weismann’s 1928 account says Dr. Starr located the springs in March 1889, built cabins, later secured title, and that the grant was signed by President Grover Cleveland in May 1896.
