Elmer's Fountain

Heading east a few miles from Wallace, Idaho on I-90, you briefly pass Elmer's Fountain on your right.
It takes frequent travel on that stretch for its awesome folk beauty to penetrate your perception.
In the winter the fountain grows mushrooms of ice around it.
If you want to stop, take the Gold Creek exit, and it's right there.

from the website:http://sondahl.com/elmersfountain.html

As you may read in the cement, this is Arnold's fountain. Although clearly designed for washing hands and taking a drink, nothing is known by me of the quality or source of the water, but I got this email from someone visiting this website:
"I first saw Elmer's (Arnold's) fountain when I moved to Idaho In 1956. I have been drinking water from that Artesian (sic) well ever since. I don't live close to the fountain anymore but as a long haul trucker I go by it regularly and fill all the plastic water bottles I keep in my truck. It is undoubtedly the best tasting water I've had in my lifetime (62 years). Sincerely Chuck Martin "