HOT SPRINGS
Guidebook
1940
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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Harold L. Ickes, Secretary

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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Newton B. Drury, Director

CONTENTS

Cover (Section of the City of Hot Springs Viewed from the Park)

Administration
Hot Springs—The City
Public Campground
How to Reach Hot Springs
Climate and Recreation
Geology
Plant and Animal Life
Park Interpretation Services
The Character and Action of the Waters
Physicians
Pay Bathhouses
Government Free Baths
Army and Navy General Hospital


Historic Events

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


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