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==See Also==
==See Also==
*Vertical File in Salem Collctin - '''Cold Springs'''
*Vertical file in Salem Collection -''' North Salem'''
*Vertical file in Salem Collection -''' North Salem'''



Revision as of 10:51, 21 October 2015

  • A natural spring near present day Kernwood Country Club that was used for drinking water by the locals. It was located on Liberty Hill Avenue and Kernwood Road.
  • Cold Spring was so called as early as 1793.
  • It was known as Goodale's spring as early 1658, because Robert Goodale owned it and lived in the field northeasterly of it at the time.
  • According to the Visitor's Guide to Salem (1937 ed.) Liberty Hill had been a park and a favorite resort for many people on account of the "Cold Spring". These springs of pure cold water have been used for centuries.

See Also

  • Vertical File in Salem Collctin - Cold Springs
  • Vertical file in Salem Collection - North Salem
  • "How Liberty Hill was saved" (letters to the editor) Salem News, Sept. 7, 2012, p. 5