• water flowing over rocks into basin

    Hot Springs

    National Park Arkansas

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  • Fordyce Bathhouse Visitor Center Closed

    The Fordyce Bathhouse Visitor Center is closed until Fall 2013 for a major maintenance project. A temporary park Visitor Center, along with the park store, are located in the Lamar Bathhouse at the south end of Bathhouse Row. Call for more information.

Research

1901BandstandandBalustrade

Bandstand above Grand Promenade, 1901

National Park Service image from HOSP archives

Provided here are just a few of the many research papers and hand-outs that have been created by park staff on various topics over the years. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to read them.

 

-- African Americans and the Hot Springs Baths

-- American Indians at Hot Springs National Park

-- The Forgotten Expedition of Dunbar and Hunter

-- The Oertel System of Graduated Exercise

-- The Remarkable Therapy Machines of Dr. Gustav Zander

Did You Know?

Team photo of 1913 Boston Red Sox team with inscription

Hot Springs, Arkansas, was the premier baseball spring training site from the 1880s-1940s. The Chicago White Stockings, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox and others came to soothe their aching muscles at the many bathhouses using Hot Springs National Park water.