{"id":2139,"date":"2018-05-04T12:35:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T12:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/?page_id=2139"},"modified":"2018-05-04T12:35:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T12:35:34","slug":"diamond-mineral-springs-grant-fork-illinois","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/places\/diamond-mineral-springs-grant-fork-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamond Mineral Springs, Grant Fork, Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tom and his parents went to dinner at the Diamond Mineral Springs restaurant in Grant Fork, Illinois, when he was home on Easter vacation from Northwestern in 1942.<\/p>\n<p>Grant Fork is a small town (population 103 in 1940) about 17 miles west of Greenville. It is the site of the Diamond Mineral Springs, a one-time health spa, built in 1891. Originally it had a 30 room hotel (Hotel Windsor) and a recreation hall (dancing, billiards) and was open in the summer months. Patrons could bathe in the presumptive medicinal spring waters that contained an unusually high concentration of mineral salts&#8230;bicarbonate of soda, sodium chloride, magnesia, iron and lime.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2141\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2141\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/10-for-20-worth-of-food-and-drinks-at-diamond-mineral-springs-7-1-5619912-regular.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2141\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/10-for-20-worth-of-food-and-drinks-at-diamond-mineral-springs-7-1-5619912-regular-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"The exterior of the Diamond Mineral Springs restaurant, previously a dance hall and billiards room in rural southern Illinois\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/10-for-20-worth-of-food-and-drinks-at-diamond-mineral-springs-7-1-5619912-regular-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/10-for-20-worth-of-food-and-drinks-at-diamond-mineral-springs-7-1-5619912-regular.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The exterior of the Diamond Mineral Springs restaurant, previously a dance hall and billiards room in rural southern Illinois<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The spa closed long ago, but the recreation hall was converted into a restaurant (more recently, two restaurants). The Diamond Mineral Springs restaurant is still busy, specializing in family-style fried chicken, and &#8220;mile high pies.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2139_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2139_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_2139_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2139_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_2139_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2139_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Whenever I visit Greenville, I look forward to eating there.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_2139_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2139_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2140\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/25b1b99da4faa0f4dc007b226f42891a_640x640.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2140\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/25b1b99da4faa0f4dc007b226f42891a_640x640-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Diamond Mineral Springs, Grant Fork, Illinois, contemporary interior\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/25b1b99da4faa0f4dc007b226f42891a_640x640-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/25b1b99da4faa0f4dc007b226f42891a_640x640-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/25b1b99da4faa0f4dc007b226f42891a_640x640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diamond Mineral Springs, Grant Fork, Illinois, contemporary interior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_2139_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_2139_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_2139_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_2139_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_2139_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_2139_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_2139_1_1');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Whenever I visit Greenville, I look forward to eating there.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function footnote_expand_reference_container_2139_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_2139_1').show(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_2139_1').text('\u2212'); } function footnote_collapse_reference_container_2139_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_2139_1').hide(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_2139_1').text('+'); } function footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_2139_1() { if (jQuery('#footnote_references_container_2139_1').is(':hidden')) { footnote_expand_reference_container_2139_1(); } else { footnote_collapse_reference_container_2139_1(); } } function footnote_moveToReference_2139_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_2139_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } } function footnote_moveToAnchor_2139_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_2139_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } }<\/script> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom and his parents went to dinner at the Diamond Mineral Springs restaurant in Grant Fork, Illinois, when he was home on Easter vacation from Northwestern in 1942. 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