Poland Spring® Brand Natural Spring Water, which traces its heritage back to 1845, became part of the Nestlé Waters North America family of brands in 1980. Poland Spring’s distinctive, crisp, clean taste has made it a favorite brand throughout the Northeast for more than 150 years. Poland Spring is the #1 spring water brand in the United States.

 

Heritage...since 1845

Poland Spring started about 20,000 years ago, when a glacier retreated in what is now Maine. The original spring’s first recorded history, however, took place in 1793. A family named Ricker settled near the original spring and opened a small inn. When Joseph Ricker was revived from his deathbed, reputedly by drinking the spring’s water – and lived another 52 years – the water’s health benefits became legendary. As Poland Spring gained a reputation for curative powers and purity, the Ricker’s Wayside Inn grew to become a celebrated health spa, which attracted distinguished guests from far and wide. In 1845, Hiram Ricker began to bottle the spring water, which started the tradition of people enjoying the goodness of Poland Spring® Brand Natural Spring Water at home.

During the Victorian age, the famed inn and its spring water continued to earn even more renown. Early photographs depict guests relaxing on a wide veranda after croquet, cooled by the shade trees and bottomless glasses of spring water. However, the water’s remarkable quality and clean, crisp taste garnered acclaim well beyond the woods of Maine. The spring water earned the Medal of Excellence at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. It proudly took top honors for “the best spring water in the country” at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair.

Maine Governor John Elias Baldacci has declared September 9, 2005 as Poland Spring Heritage Day.


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