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The cool mountain spring inside this building provided both refreshing water and a cooler for perishable foods. The Brinegars said that the water was always "two degrees colder than the morning." Because they never had electricity, the spring served as their refrigerator, and they placed milk, butter, and eggs directly in the cold water. They made the uphill trek from the spring house to the cabin many times a day, carrying heavy buckets of water for drinking, cooking, washing, and watering their animals.
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