NEUTRAL
San Solomon Spring
Balmorhea, United States
Called "Mescalero Spring" in 1849, when watering corn and peaches of the Mescalero Apaches. To Ft. Davis soldiers, 1856, was "Head Spring". Present name given by first permanent settlers, Mexican farmers.<br><br> Miller, Lyles and Murphy in 1871 began large-scale commercial irrigation. Murphy built first canals.