Warm Springs
Located sixty miles south of Atlanta, Warm Springs grew up around natural springs with 88-degree (Fahrenheit) water that flows at a rate of approximately 914 gallons per minute year round.
The eyes of the nation often focused on Warm Springs, where U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt maintained a residence.
After discovering in the fall of 1924 that the southern Meriwether County springs eased his polio symptoms, Roosevelt built a treatment center for polio victims there as well as a residence that later became known as the Little White House.
He died at Warm Springs on April 12, 1945. Since then the Little White House has served as a memorial for the thirty-second president.
The eyes of the nation often focused on Warm Springs, where U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt maintained a residence.
After discovering in the fall of 1924 that the southern Meriwether County springs eased his polio symptoms, Roosevelt built a treatment center for polio victims there as well as a residence that later became known as the Little White House.
He died at Warm Springs on April 12, 1945. Since then the Little White House has served as a memorial for the thirty-second president.