1541 | Hot Springs area probably visited by
Hernando de Soto and party. |
1682 | Area included in land claimed for
France by La Salle. |
1762 | Included in area given to Spain by
France. |
1803 | Included in Louisiana Purchase and
became United States property. |
1804 | Visited by Dunbar and Hunter
Expedition. |
1807 | Manuel Prudhomme established first
permanent settlement. |
1820 | First inn erected. |
1830 | First bathhouse erected. |
1832 | Four square miles of land, including
the hot springs, set aside by the Congress, and Hot Springs Reservation
created. |
1874 | First railroad line, the "Diamond Jo,"
reached Hot Springs. |
1877 | Hot Springs Reservation physically and
administratively separated from city of Hot Springs, Ark., by Federal
Survey and plotting of town site. |
1884 | Arch constructed over Hot Springs
Creek where Bathhouse Row promenade walk now is located. |
1903 | Federal Registration Board established
to regulate practice of physicians. |
1921 | Hot Springs Reservation made a
national park by act of Congress. |
1932 | Centennial Anniversary. |