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THE THUNDERING SPRINGS

LAURENS COUNTY, GEORGIA

PLEASANT WAY ROAD,

8/10 mile north of U.S. Highway 319

HEADWATERS OF BIG BRANCH AND BIG CREEK

Old timers reported that at certain times of the year, when the area's

Aquifers were full, and the water massively erupted so loudly that the

eruption sounded as if were thunder, hence the name of Laurens

County's most enduring places.

In the olden days, when medicine was nowhere near as advanced as it

is today, sick people looked around for old-timey cures. One of those

cures was to drink mineral water or soak their entire bodies in springs.

Such was the case with Thundering Springs in Northeastern Laurens

County. People swore that the springs helped mitigate the pain and

swelling from Rheumatic Fever. The sufferers came from miles around

“to plunge themselves into its boiling heart.” Sometimes the boiling was

so strong that the springs became forever changed and known as

“Thundering Springs.” Macon News, July 29, 1960.

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