(1) photos taken with Cannon... |
9AM... killing time cruising Hot Springs early in the morning while waiting for the alligator farm to open... |
... cruising "Bath House Row" on Central Avenue...
Timeline of Bathhouse Row
Late 1700s - Local Indian tribes used the hot springs water to bath. The origins of the waters are reported to be 4,000 years old.
1803 - The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory and sends an expedition by William Dunbar and George Hunter to explore the springs.
1832 - U.S. Government buys hot springs land as 1st federal area protecting a natural resource.
1877 - Private claims to land settled.
1884 - Hot Springs Creek is channeled and now runs under Central Avenue.
1921 - Hot Springs Reservation is made a National Park. (nps.gov/hosp)
Bath House Row, Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa. 1888
(americasbesthistory.com/abh-hotsprings.html)
|
... north end of Central Avenue... |
... school for math???... our kind of place... |
... it's not time yet... cruising through town again... |
... DeSoto Rock Shop... not open yet... we'll be back... |
... ok... back out Whittington Avenue again towards alligator farm... and back towards town... |
... hey... we've still got time to kill... lets check this out... |
... wow... nice view of Hot Springs from here...
(more from here on next page) |
... continue cruising Whittington Ave towards town and back to farm again... |
... next... Arkansas Alligator Farm is open by now (77 Nikon photos)... |