A number of hot springs, located about 50 miles east of Reno along Interstate 80, were referred to as "The Spring of False Hope" by early travelers. The animals of these early wagon trains coming across the vast waste lands would smell the moisture, but upon reaching the springs, found the water boiling. These springs have also been referred to as Hot Springs, Brady's, Springer's, or Fernley Hot Springs and are the Emigrant Springs of the Forty-Mile Desert