Cooks Park at what was formerly 410 Maryland St. Circa 1842, Nathan Rowley and Thomas Gifford cleared land around an old salt well, creating Pigeon Springs, which was a very popular health resort in the 1850s. It had a salt well, not a salt pool. It was located on the east bank of Pigeon Creek, where Columbia Street now crosses. It had extensive buildings for lodging guests who came to enjoy the rest and the mineral waters. William Bates, the proprietor, catered especially to the Southern trade. Cook Brewing took it over sometime between 1890-1895 and enhanced it by the addition of a clubhouse, lake, pavillion, and pool. It was also known as Exposition Park and later Pleasure Park. It closed during Prohibition and was subsequently razed.