Hot Springs National Park, in its charming setting in the picturesque Ouachita Mts. Has always been known for its famous Springs – both hot and cold.

Hot Springs National Park was created by a special act of congress in 1832 for the purpose of protecting these thermal waters for the people of the nation as a health and recreation center for all time.

Hot Springs is a thriving and progressive city of 27,000 citizens catering to pleasure and health seekers who annually number over 200,000. The actual definite age of the Springs is unknown and scientists have been unable to agree on the specific source of the thermal health-giving waters which flow from 47 springs at the base of the Hot Springs Mountains.

The city of Hot Springs takes its name from the boiling waters, which flow at the rate of almost a million gallons a day, to provide bathing facilities for the elaborate bath houses. This great spa has relieved millions of people from a multitude of ailments, and the Springs for centuries have brought health and happiness to the ill and despondent.

Hot Springs offers other recreations in addition to the famous Springs; out-door life, speed-boating, tennis courts, sporty golf courses, boating, all-year-round fishing on Lake Catherine and Lake Hamilton; mountain trails and bridle paths, invigorating swimming in the spring-fed pools, beautiful drives and mountain vistas – and the sport of kings, horse-racing at the famous Oaklawn Race Track, where the meet is a new annual spring feature.

Fine paved highways, good train service and an airport make Hot Springs accessible from any part of the country.

The new Army and Navy General Hospital, recently completed by the U.S. Government, at a cost of one and a half million dollars, is one of the show places of the Springs.