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West Mountain
On Hot Springs and West mountains the general plans provid...
Hot Springs Railroad
A narrow-gauge railroad line from Malvern to Hot Springs k...
Hale’s Hot Cave
In the fall of 1897, a petition from four bathhouse owners...
Hot Springs Mountain
The Mountain View Railway Company of Hot Springs was autho...
Gulpha Gorge
The earliest visitors who came to thehot springs to &ldquo...
Arlington Hotel
In1874, Samuel W. Fordyce and other investors fina...
Bathhouse Row
In the1880s, elegant frame bathhouses were erected along B...
Grand Promenade
In the early 1890s, Robert Stevens, the career United Stat...
Government Free Bathhouse
U.S. Free Bathhouse, or Government Free Bathhouse was open...
Crystal and Pythian Bathhouses
Little is known about African American bathing services du...
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West Mountain
On Hot Springs and West mountains the general plans provided for roads and walks along the entire mountain sides, and for parks along the foreground. The main summit grounds were especially adapted to use for hotels and observatories under lease ...
Hot Springs Railroad
A narrow-gauge railroad line from Malvern to Hot Springs known as the “Diamond Jo Line” was completed by Jo Reynolds in 1875. Previous method of travel to hot springs had been a 24 mile hike by foot, horse, or carriage ...
Hale’s Hot Cave
In the fall of 1897, a petition from four bathhouse owners protested an unfair privilege granted to Hale Bathhouse where, in the basement’s interior a “hot cave” had been excavated featuring a thermal spring. The petitioners charged the Hale used ...
Hot Springs Mountain
The Mountain View Railway Company of Hot Springs was authorized to construct observatory towers along its route for visitor’s pleasure. Thus, the Hot Springs Mountain observatory tower opened to the public in May 1906. The Department of the Interior granted ...
Gulpha Gorge
The earliest visitors who came to thehot springs to “take the bathe” and seek health from its mysterious waters may have been a group of Indians on the Archaic level, as evidence of their occupation is scattered throughout the State ...
Arlington Hotel
In1874, Samuel W. Fordyce and other investors financed the construction of the town’s first luxury hotel, The Arlington, at the end of bathhouse row on Valley Street. For a time, fire threatened the Arlington Hotel, and the fire of ...
Bathhouse Row
In the1880s, elegant frame bathhouses were erected along Bathhouse Row on the east side of Central Avenue. First to appear was the Ozark Bathhouse, built on bathhouse sites no.4, taking over the previous spot of the Weir and George’s Iron ...
Grand Promenade
In the early 1890s, Robert Stevens, the career United States Army officer in charge, planned overall improvements of the Hot Springs Reservation. Over a five-year period he planned and oversaw construction of a suite of enhancements, including the formal entrance ...
Government Free Bathhouse
U.S. Free Bathhouse, or Government Free Bathhouse was opened in 1878, when the first superintendent of the Hot Springs Reservation, Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley, recognized that large numbers of poor visitors were using a spring known as “Mud Hole.” Kelley ...
Crystal and Pythian Bathhouses
Little is known about African American bathing services during the 1860s and 1870s. In the 1880s black patrons could buy bath tickets at the Ozark Bathhouse, the Independent Bathhouse, and possibly the Rammelsberg Bathhouse on Bathhouse Row, but they were ...
