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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
Arno B. Cammerer, Director
CONTENTS
Cover (Bathhouse Row (Bradley Smith photo))
AdministrationHot 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
| 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. |
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