Buckhorn Springs is an

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in Jackson County,

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, United States. It lies along Emigrant Creek in the

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southeast of Ashland. Buckhorn Springs Road connects the community to

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near Emigrant Lake. The springs at this location are known for their cold, highly carbonated water. James C. Tolman, who acquired the property around the springs in the 1890s, built a small hotel here called ''Tolman Springs''. Subsequent owners used the property, springs, and buildings in various ways: as a hunting retreat called ''Buckhorn Lodge''; as a picnic stop for tourists who sometimes used the carbonated water to make soda pop; as a retreat with overnight cabins and mineral mud baths; as a health spa, as a private residence; as an inn, and after 1998 as the Buckhorn Springs Retreat Center. Buckhorn Mineral Springs Resort was listed on the

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in 1989. The site covers and includes many structures in addition to the main lodge.

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