A chance discovery of hot sulfur water in 1926 led wealthy entrepreneur Rex Clark to construct one of the
finest, most comprehensive recreation facilities of the time in opulent Mission Revival style. Movie stars, Olympic champions, and the richest of the rich flocked to it. Failing due to the Depression, it served as a US Naval hospital, then a top-secret lab, then a state prison.Author Kevin Bash will talk about the Norconian, built with Scripps family money around the time as the college.
