This spring likely led the Hannas to make this land their home in 1810, making them among the county’s early European homesteaders. Reliable access to clean water was essential, and the spring provided it. When the Hannas discovered it, they likely found iris, marsh marigolds, and skunk cabbage in the spring-fed pool and streamlet, with dragonflies over the water, woodland wildflowers, ferns, and grasses beneath mature trees, and flowering dogwoods in the shade. Having emigrated from Scotland, the moist bog-like spring may have felt somewhat like their homeland, even though the plants were unfamiliar. Historical accounts portray the Hannas as generous people who freely allowed weary travelers to water themselves and their horses there, and some say the adjacent Springfield Road was named for those acts of kindness.