Then and Now Photo of the Roubidoux Spring in Waynesville, MO Roubidoux Spring: Where 37 Million Gallons a Day Tell Ten Thousand Years of Stories From mastodon migration path to Cherokee tears to underwater cave exploration, Waynesville's spring connects ancient geology to living memory Every day, 37 million gallons of fresh water bubble and gurgle from Roubidoux Spring in Laughlin Park, just as they have for millennia. The spring that made this location valuable to mastodons

A view from the banks of the Roubidoux Spring where swimmers and divers enter the clear and cold water. Photo Credit: Jax Welborn The water is up here as Spring rains often increase the volume of water of both the Spring and the Creek which swells over its bank into the Spring. Photo Credit: Jax Welborn You Don't Know Waynesville... This is the fifth post in my "You Don't Know Waynesville" series. Stay tuned as we uncover more hidden history and obscure traditions from our Ro