Details for Headache Springs, C. S. A. Medical Laboratory
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5423007732
Data
| Marker Number | 7732 |
| Atlas Number | 5423007732 |
| Marker Title | Headache Springs, C. S. A. Medical Laboratory |
| Index Entry | Headache Springs, C.S.A. Medical Laboratory |
| Address | |
| City | Tyler |
| County | Smith |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 288499 |
| UTM Northing | 3579532 |
| Subject Codes | Civil War; medical topics and health professionals; water topics; military topics |
| Marker Year | 1965 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | SH 64, 2.9 mi. SE of downtown Tyler |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | A quarter mile north of this site is "Headache Springs," noted for its healing mineral waters. During the Civil War, as sea blockades cut off imports, a Confederate medical laboratory operated here. One of nine, and only one west of Mississippi River. For the government it made medicines and whiskey. The army at this time was buying medicinal herbs, including poke root, snakeroot, mullein, jimson weed, Jerusalem oak, nightshade, mistletoe and cherry bark. With mineral salts, these were the medicines of desperation. |