N.R. Dunton ran a pipe to a spring two miles away and established Cool Springs in 1926 on Route 66 west of Kingman, Arizona

The business thrived until the new highway opened in 1952.

Cool Springs became a poultry operation called the Chicken Ranch. It was abandoned in 1964 and then burned down. 

Cool Springs was partly rebuilt in 1991 to be blown up for the film Universal Soldier. Ed Leuchtner bought it in 2002 and resurrected the landmark.

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