Wootan Wells

Famous early health spa and resort. First well was dug 1878 by landowner Francis Wootan. Water tasted good, but turned dishes yellow and clothes red. Even so, it seemed to possess amazing curative properties. Wootan soon built a hotel and in 1879 a resort town made its debut. He formed promotion company with T. W. Wade and more hotels, a bottling works, dance pavilion, and school sprang up. Leading socialites came for miles to "take the waters." Disaster struck in 1915 when fire swept the town. In 1921 the last buildings also burned.

Wootan Wells is a historical marker in Bremond, Robertson County, dedicated in 1969. It is one of 63 historical markers documented in Robertson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 103 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.1420, -96.7229 near Bremond. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bremond (cemetery), about 3.0 miles away. Others within a short drive include Grace United Methodist Church, Hammond, and Paul Bremond.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5395010958. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.