"Drink and be healed"

Discusses the hydrological phenomena known as lithia water; its discovery and development in Cumberland County, Virginia, near Farmville, into a nationally distributed mineral water from 1877 to 1945 and its evolution as the Thackston family business. Also includes chapters on old bottles, testimonials from regular drinkers, Civil War anecdotes and the historic preservation potential of the site. Lots of information other Virginia springs as well.