At one time, people crowded to the Sulphur Well hotels to drink the water which they believed had curative powers. Those healing hotels are empty now and have fallen into disrepair.
Today ham dinners draw people to Sulphur Well. Porters Restaurant began in 1968, when Kathaleen Porter the owner fed ham dinners to her son and his farm hands.
“It wasn’t anything for me to serve 180 ham dinners in a day’s time,” she said proudly
The restaurant, now managed by the Ervin family has become the central gathering and eating spot in the community.
Along with good, hearty food come good, country people. Porters is full of friendly faces, and the towns-people are unified, taking pride in Sulphur Well’s rich history.
Although modernization is creeping slowly into the town, making city water available, many like Kathaleen Porter still get their water from the healing Sulphur Well.
