Simpson Spring in Easton, Massachusetts

Tucked away in the unassuming town of South Easton, Massachusetts, sits a piece of liquid history. The Simpson Spring Company lays claim to being the oldest continuously operating independent bottling plant in the United States, pouring and carbonating water from a single source since 1878. But the history of the water itself runs much deeper. Long before it was bottled in glass and mixed into old-fashioned sodas, the bubbling spring was a vital resource for the local Wampanoag and Assawompset indigenous peoples, who believed the pristine waters possessed healing properties. By the 1800s, l...