Native Americans used the healing waters of the Wagon Wheel Gap hot Springs for thousands of years prior to American settlement.
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More than three thousand acres and six miles of world-class fishing attracted illustrious guests such as Walt Disney, John Wayne and Dwight Eisenhower.
Modernization to a first-class resort followed.
But it was the 1873 Brunot Treaty that brought mining interests and a silver boom to the San Juans.
An area rich in geologic features enticed pre-treaty explorers.
Native Americans used the healing waters of the Wagon Wheel Gap hot Springs for thousands of years prior to American settlement