Niman Spring

Niman Spring. . This spring, now known at Malabar as the Niman Spring, was familiar to the Indians for centuries. Johnny Appleseed frequently stopped here and the water was appreciated by the deer which still come at nightfall to drink from the pond. The spring breaks out from the deep under lying silurian sandstone in a small cavern in the hillside and supplies water for the old spring house, a residence, two stock tanks, the market stand, a watercress bed, a barn, three hoglots and the pond from which the gardens are irrigated., The nearby residence was built in 1820 as a combination residence and stage coach tavern after the fear of the Indians had been broken for ever at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. The fine spring decided its location on the outskirts of Newville, then the most important settlement in the county. Newville disappeared with the construction of Pleasant Hill Dam., Peasant Valley Road was once an Indian trail leading from the Ohio River to Lake Erie and later an important means of transporting wheat to ship and railroad. Spring capacity 2,000 gal. per hour. With 3° change all year., By Louis Bromfield