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UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF THE

INTERIOR

Harold L. I ekes. Secretary

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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Newton B. Drury, Director

Bathhouse Row . . . Cover

Administration .... 3

Hot Springs — The City . 3

PubHc Campground . . 4

How to Reach Hot Springs 5

Climate and Recreation . 6

Geology 7

Plant and Animal Life . . 10
Park Interpretation Serv-
ices 10

The Character and Action

of the Waters .... 10

Physicians 12

Pay Bathhouses .... 13
Government Free Baths . 1 4
The Army and Navy Gen-
eral Hospital .... 15

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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.

1801 By secret treaty of Madrid, area
returned to France by Spain.

1803 Included in Louisiana Purchase and
became United States property.

1804 Visited by Dunbar and Hunter Ex-
pedition.

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 Con-
gress, 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
Greek where Bathhouse Row prome-
nade walk now is located.

1903 Federal Registration Board estab-
lished to regulate practice of physi-
cians.

1921 Hot Springs Reservation made a na-
tional park by act of Congress.

1932 Centennial Anniversary.

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NATIONAL
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ARKANSAS

PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE

TO HOT SPRINGS MOUNTAIN

THE hot springs of Arkansas, 47
in number, included in the
Hot Springs National Park
are situated in a picturesque wooded
portion of the Ouachita (pronounced
Wash-i-taw) Mountains. The park
and the city of Hot Springs, adjoining
it, are near the center of the State,
about 50 miles southwest of Little
Rock.

In 1832 the hot springs and the
four sections of land surrounding
them were, by act of Congress, set
aside for the future disposal of the
United States, not to be entered,
located, or appropriated for any other
purpose whatever, thus preserving
the waters of the springs in perpetu-
ity, free from monopoly and com-
mercial exploitation. In 1921, by
act of Congress, the area was changed
from the Hot Springs Reservation to
the Hot Springs National Park.

The park contains 1,006 acres and
includes Hot Springs, North, West,
and Sugar Loaf Mountains, portions
of Indian Mountain, and Whitting-
ton Park.

ADMINISTRATION

The Hot Springs National Park is
under the control and supervision of
the Director of the National Park
Service. The officer in immediate
charge is the superintendent, whose
post office address is Hot Springs,
Ark.

The superintendent has charge of
all general matters connected with
the Government's interests, enforces
the rules and regulations of the De-
partment, supervises sanitation, hy-
drotherapy, and the operation of
bathhouses, the charge of the Govern-
ment free bathhouse for the indigent,
the instruction and supervision of
bath attendants and the determina-
tion as to their fitness for employ-
ment, and the operation of the auto
camp.

HOT SPRINGS— THE CITY

Administration of the national park
by the Federal Government does not
extend to the city of Hot Springs,
which operates under its own munici-

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ADM1N1S1 RATION BUILDING

pal and State laws. Whenever the
interests of the two join in promoting
community welfare, they coordinate
their efforts for the common good.

Hot Springs, with its central loca-
tion and excellent accommodations,
offers peculiar advantages as a con-
vention city. As a result of years of
experience, efficient handling of con-
ventions, from both a business and
entertainment standpoint, is assured.

There are many hotels in Hot
Springs, the largest affording accom-
modations for more than 1,000 guests
and equaling in service and cuisine
those of other well-known resorts and
watering places in America and
Europe. Among the larger hotels,
visitors have a choice between those
operating on the European plan and
those on the American plan. Several
hundred boarding places, ranging in
price from $7 per week upward, also
are available. Those desiring perma-
nent or light housekeeping quarters
will find kitchenette and standard

apartments and cottages, furnished
and unfurnished, which may be
rented at prices from S20 per month
up. In all. Hot Springs will house
comfortably 25,000 visitors at one
time.

Lists of hotels, boarding houses,
and other accommodations, as well
as general information regarding
transportation, road maps, and recre-
ation features, may be obtained from
the Hot Springs Chamber of Com-
merce.

PUBLIC CAMPGROUND

For automobile tourists, the Gov-
ernment operates a modern tourist
camp in the Gorge, a beautiful valley
at the foot of the eastern slope of
Hot Springs Mountain. Fireplaces
and tables are available for picnic
use. A large swimming pool fed by
fresh running water is located in the
heart of the campsite, with dressing
rooms available for both men and
women. The camp is 2 miles distant

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CENTRAL AVENUE, CITV OF HOT SPRINGS

from the center of the city of Hot
Springs.

HOW TO REACH HOT SPRINGS

By railroad. — Hot Springs is served
by the Missouri Pacific Railroad and
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail-
way.

Missouri Pacific. — Through sleeping
car daily between St. Louis and Hot
Springs, and between Chicago and
Hot Springs via Chicago & Alton.
Through parlor car between Mem-
phis and Hot Springs.

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific.
Through sleeping car daily between
Memphis and Hot Springs, and be-
tween Chicago and Hot Springs via
Illinois Central. Through parlor car
between Memphis and Hot Springs.

Passengers en route to other desti-
nations will find stop-over privileges
available on both one-way and round-
trip tickets for the purpose of making
side trips to Hot Springs.
By automobile. — Hot Springs is lo-

cated on two transcontinental motor
highways, U. S. Highways Nos. 70
and 270, and State Highway No. 7,
which are all-year, hard-surfaced
roads. In addition, the State govern-
ment has provided many hard-sur-
faced roads throughout Arkansas,
some of which afford unusual scenic
attractions, and all of which connect
with the main arteries of interstate
highway travel.
By bus. — The Arkansas Motor

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Coaches, Dixie Motor Coaches, Mis-
souri Pacific Transportation Co.,
Santa Fe Trail System, and Tri-State
Transit Co., with their connections,
provide bus service to Hot Springs.
During the summer months low round
trip fares to the park are in effect from
practically all points in the United
States and Canada. In addition,
convenient side trips and stopover
privileges may be arranged on bus
tickets to or via most points in Arkan-
sas, allowing passengers to include a
side trip to the park.
By airplane. — American Airlines,
with its connecting services to all
points of the United States and its
through service from New York,
Buffalo, Boston, Cleveland, and
Chicago to Los Angeles, has Little
Rock, Ark., as a regular stop.

The Hot Springs Chamber of Com-
merce owns and maintains a conven-
iently located airport where ships of
any type may land and take off and
be serviced.

CLIMATE AND RECREATION

Hot Springs has a favorable climate
all year. The winters are mild, per-
mitting outdoor recreation in com-
fort except at infrequent intervals,
while the summers are moderated
by the elevation of the rugged hills,
with their forests of fragrant pine and
mixed hardwoods.

The beneficial effects of outdoor
life in Hot Springs, with its pure
atmosphere and sunshine, are con-
sidered important aids to the bath
treatments.

As a resort. Hot Springs has a pop-
ular appeal throughout the year,

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TRAIL HIKING ON NORTH MOUNTAIN

offering numerous and varied attrac-
tions. The majority of persons from
the more northerly States make their
visits during the autumn, winter,
and spring months, while most of the
summer visitors come from the Gulf
States and those immediately adjoin-
ing Arkansas.

Life in the open off'ers almost every
form of diversion. Motoring, horse-
back riding, and tramping through
pine forests of the park are popular.
The mountain roads adjacent to the
park are numerous and lead through
interesting Arkansas mountain-life
settings. Many side trips to scenic
places of interest and recreation
require only a few hours' motor trip.
On Catherine and Hamilton Lakes,
created through the building of two
large hydroelectric dams on the
Ouachita River near Hot Springs,
motorboating, sailing, canoeing, and
fishing are enjoyed. Many streams
also are accessible for fly fishing.

Excellent facilities for golf are found
at the Hot Springs Golf and Country
Club, where there are 3 complete 18-
hole courses. At Oaklawn Park
there is a 9-hole course.

Hot Springs National Park Arkansas

GEOLOGY

The rocks exposed in the park are
all sedimentary, so-called because
they were deposited as sand and mud
in horizontal layers on the floor of a
sea, since disappeared. Thereafter
intense horizontal pressure from the
southeast in Coal Age (Pennsylvania)
time compressed, fractured, and
folded the rocks into wave-like moun-
tain ridges, with faults (breaks)
developed along lines of great strain.
This elevated land was eroded over
long ages of time until it became a
low plain. Then followed another
uplift, another period of erosion, and
another uplift. Erosion since has
produced our present topography.

The 47 hot springs are located
along a fault-line in a small area at
the southwestern base of Hot Springs
Mountain. In this area is an abun-
dance of porous rock, called tufa,
which was deposited from the hot
water.

Although the exact mechanism of
the hot springs is unknown, several
theories have been advanced. The
most favored is the meteoric theory
which supposes that the rain water

which sinks into the valley floor be-
tween Sugar Loaf and West Moun-
tains finally emerges in the hot
springs. The rain water follows the
downward slope of the rocks under
North and West Mountains to the
southeast, being confined between
impervious beds of shale. Some-
where in its underground path the
water is believed to be heated by pass-
ing close to a mass of hot rock. Since
the rocks overlying the water-bearing
strata are quite impervious, the heat-
ed water reaches the surface along a
line of weakness, presumably the
fault.

According to another theory, the
hot springs water has never before
been at the surface of the earth, but
comes from heated rocks of the
earth's interior. Such magmatic or
juvenile water escapes from molten
rock that is cooling and rises to the
surface. Other sources of heat have
been suggested to explain the tem-
perature of the water, among which
are the following: (1) Heat from
chemical reactions taking place near
the water; (2) heat of friction from
rock masses sliding along each other;
(3) heat of compression due to over-

BLOCK DIAGRAM OF THE AREA ABOUT HOT SPRINGS, ARK., SHOWING THE PROBABLE ORIGIN OF
THE SPRINGS AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE ROCKS AND THEIR STRUCTURE ON THE UNDER-
GROUND ROUTE OF THE WATER

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MAP OF HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK AND PORTION OF CITY SHOWING LOCATIONi

BATHHOUSES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS

lying rock burden; (4) heat from
radioactive minerals.

Whatever the source of water and
its heat, the springs continue to have
a constant daily flow of almost a mil-
lion gallons of water, with a constant
average temperature of more than
140° F.

PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE

A dense forest covers the steep
i^ocky hills of the park. Oaks, pines,
and hickories occur in great abun-
dance. Huckleberries predominate
in the thick forest understory. Many
of the trees have attractive flowers
and leaves, the autumn foliage being
particularly colorful.

Wild flowers bloom every month of
the year. Goldenrod, aster, bitter-
weed, coreopsis, and black-eyed susan
make particularly noticeable natural
displays. Lichens, mosses, ferns,
grasses, and sedges occur abundantly.

The animal life consists of a few
common mammals, several species of
lizards, snakes, turtles, salamanders,
and frogs, and over 90 species of
birds.

PARK INTERPRETATION
SERVICES

A modern museum is housed in
the Administration Building at the
corner of Central and Reserve Ave-
nues, including displays depicting
geologic history; mechanism of the
hot springs; rocks, minerals, and
fossils; prehistoric culture; early
and recent history; development of
bathing; interesting plants and ani-
mals; and scientific studies of the
hot waters.

Self-guided nature trails, with
interesting trees, rock exposures, and
other natural features labeled at the
wayside, are maintained for hikers
and nature lovers. Seasonally, illus-
trated lectures upon a variety of
subjects pertaining to Hot Springs
and other national parks are off"ered,
free of charge, to the public.

THE CHARACTER AND
ACTION OF THE WATERS

Analyses of 47 hot springs have
shown the waters to be practically
identical in chemical composition.

SCENIC ROAD ON WEST MOUNTAIN

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SUN-BATHING ON BATHHOUSE ROOF

The waters from all these springs are
impounded in reservoirs and all
bathhouses receive exactly the same
water. The water temperature in
the central collecting basin is always
over 140° F.

The water from the hot springs is
generally considered to have definite
favorable therapeutic effects. It is
used exclusively in the bathhouses at
Hot Springs National Park, with
satisfactory results in the approved
methods of modern water treatment.
This includes full and partial immer-
sion baths of different types, and also
by means of vapor cabinets, in the
equivalent of the well-known Russian
baths. This form of treatment is of
service where increased elimination
is desired, as in obesity, chronic
rheumatism, and mild Bright's
disease.

The full immersion warm spring
water bath is used in several forms.
The customary or "standard" bath
is a neutral bath for about 15 min-
utes. The bather is advised to drink
freely of hot water during the bath.

and a free perspiration results.
While submerged, the bather is
given a vigorous massage by the
attendant. The attendant also rubs
the bather down with a fiber mitt
and concludes the bath with a short
graduated shower. The bather,
while reclining in a cooling room,
then enjoys a rest period. This
bath, in addition to the usual elimi-
native effect, is followed by relaxa-
tion and a sedative effect. It is the
form of bath customarily taken by
visitors to the park who desire relaxa-
tion or seek recuperation and may
be taken without a physician's
directions.

' Partial immersion baths at Hot
Springs National Park are often pre-
scribed. Various bathhouses are
equipped for the sitz bath, leg bath,
and hand-and-arm bath given by
properly trained attendants.

Besides the different forms of baths,
showers, sprays, and douches are
given with modern apparatus and
following the directions of the bath-
er's physician.

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In conjunction with each of these
types of treatment, drinking the hot
water is considered a great aid.
Several fountains at convenient loca-
tions in the park furnish free hot
water direct from the springs.

Increase in bodily resistance in
bathers availing themselves of the
Hot Springs water has long been
noted in the improved general health,
strength, and vitality in persons in a
run-down or debilitated condition.
It has also been noted that chronic
joint troubles (arthritis) so often
seen in cases of slow absorption of
poisons of bacterial origin almost
invariably improve.

The thermic physiotherapy pool at
Hot Springs is used primarily for
muscle reeducation in cases of paraly-
sis. The buoyant effect of the water
enables the patient to exercise and
hence develop muscles impossible to
use when not submerged. These
voluntary or resistive movements are
much more eflfective in muscle reedu-
cation and development than are
passive or assistive movements given
them by a physiotherapist when the
part is not submerged. This treat-
ment is materially aided by the
readily regulated temperature of the
water of Hot Springs. Caution is
taken to prevent overwork or fatigue,
a result often following submerged
exercises. Only qualified physical
therapists give these treatments.

This form of therapy is particularly
used in various paralyses following
anterior poliomyelitis (infantile pa-
ralysis) and other nerve lesions lead-
ing to weakening and nonuse of
muscles still capable of development.

A second class successfully treated
in the thermic hydrotherapeutic pool
is that comprised under the term
"arthritis of joints." The stiffness,
pain, and spasm common in these
joints are reduced when the patient
is submerged in the warm, spring
water of the pool. Motions of wide
range, painful and often impossible
when attempted under ordinary
conditions, may be given by the
physiotherapist in the pool.

Approximate chemical composition of the
Hot Springs waters

[Parts per million]

Silica (SiOz) 45

Iron (Fe) 05

Manganese (Mn) .26

Calcium (Ca) 46

Magnesium (Mg) 5.8

Sodium (Na) 5.1

Potassium (K) 1.6

Bicarbonate (HCO3) 165

Sulphate (SO4) 9.1

Chloride (CI) 2.1

Fluoride (F) 0

Nitrate (NO3) 0

Total dissolved solids 1 97

Gases in cubic centimeters per liter at 0°
C. and 760 millimeters pressure: Nitro-
gen (N), 8.8; oxygen (O), 3.8; free carbon
dioxide (CO2), 6.9; hydrogen sulphide
(H2S), none. Radioactivity, 0.45 milli-
microcurie per liter.

PHYSICIANS

While the baths may be taken with-
out the advice of a physician by pro-
curing a permit at any of the bath-
houses receiving water from the hot
springs in the park, this practice is
not recommended. Patients who as-
sume to determine the nature of their
ailments and to prescribe for them-
selves often fail to obtain the desired
relief. The waters are not beneficial

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in all diseases and in some are harm-
ful, such as tuberculosis and cancer.
In many ailments the baths will not
afford material benefit unless taken
in connection with proper medicines
prescribed by physicians.

The only physicians allowed to pre-
scribe the waters of the hot springs
are those licensed practitioners of the
State of Arkansas who have been
examined by a Federal board of med-
ical examiners appointed by the Sec-
retary of the Interior. Physicians
who have not passed the Federal
board and been registered in the
office of the superintendent are not
permitted to make use of the baths
in the treatment of their patients.
This rule is for the protection of
visitors who, if they desire the baths,
should secure a copy of the registered
list of qualified practitioners at the
Information Desk in the Park Ad-
ministration Building before employ-
ing a physician.

Physicians' fees for examination for
the baths are from $5 to SIO.

PAY BATHHOUSES

There are 17 pay bathhouses oper-
ated under rules and regulations ap-
proved by the Secretary of the In-
terior, 8 in the park and 9 at various
points in the city. The water is the
same in all, but prices charged for
the baths vary according to equip-
ment and accommodations furnished.
Rates are fixed in each instance
by the Secretary of the Interior.
Charges for services of attendants
are the same in all. Towels, mitts,
blankets, and bathrobes, laundering
bathrobes and blankets, and services
for handling helpless invalids are not
included in rates quoted. Bath
tickets are redeemable according
to the redemption scale for baths
fixed by the Department, a copy of
which is posted in each bathhouse.

Any dissatisfaction relative to ad-
ministration of the baths or treat-
ment of patients should be brought
to the attention of the park superin-
tendent.

VISITORS ENJOY THE NOVELTY OF SEEING HOT SPRINGS FROM THE HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE

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Scale of rates for bathhouses receiving water from Hot Springs
National Park

[Including fee of bath attendant, $0,20 for single bath and $4 for a course of 21 baths]

Single
Bathhouse bath 5 baths 10 baths 21 baths

Arlington SI .40 S6.60 1 2.60 S24.00

Fordyce 1.30 6.10 11.60 22.00

Buckstaff 1.25 5.85 11.10 21.00

Eastman 1.25 5.85 11.10 21.00

Maurice 1.25 5.85 11.10 21.00

Lamar 1.20 5.60 10.60 20.00

Majestic 1.20 5.60 10.60 20.00

Quapaw 1.20 5.60 10.60 20.00

Hale 1.15 5.35 10.10 19.00

Moody 1.15 5.35 10.10 19.00

Ozark 1.15 5.35 10.10 19.00

St. Joseph's Infirmary 1.15 5.35 10.10 19.00

Superior 1.15 5.35 10.10 19.00

Ozark Sanatorium 1.10 5.10 9.60 18.00

Rockafellow 1.10 5.10 9.60 18.00

Alhambra 1.05 4.85 9.10 17.00

Pythian (colored) 1.00 4.60 8.60 16.00

Pool rates

[All pool treatment requires a physician's prescription]

Single treatment with services of physiotherapist $2.25

Course of 10 treatments with services of physiotherapist 21.00

Course of 20 treatments with services of physiotherapist 35.00

Rates for massage

[The maximum charges for general massage, including all necessary accessories,

at all bathhouses]

21 treatments 130.00

10 treatments 14.75

5 treatments 8.00

Single treatments 2.00

GOVERNMENT FREE BATHS

The Government free bathhouse oath that he is without and unable to

for the indigent was established pur- obtain means to pay for baths, and a

suant to act of Congress of December false oath as to his financial condition

16, 1878. Legislation requires that makes him guilty of a misdemeanor

an applicant for free baths shall make and subjects him, upon conviction

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thereof, to a fine of not less than S25
or more than S300, or 60 days' im-
prisonment.

Tickets are issued only to those
who, after examination, are found to
be suffering from diseases that may
reasonably be expected to be benefited
by the baths. Children are not al-
lowed in the bathhouse unless they
themselves are patients.

The Government free bathhouse
is a modern concrete building fully
equipped for bathing large numbers
of people under sanitary conditions.
In connection with the bathhouse the
United States Public Health Service,
with the cooperation of the National
Park Service, is operating a clinic for
the examination and treatment of
indigents taking the free baths.

All applicants jor jree baths and
treatment jor disease must he pre-
pared to provide and pay jor their
own hoard and lodging and have
return railroad jar e. There are no
hospitals in the city oj Hot Springs to
which patients can he admitted, nor
any junds available jrom which
reliej can he afforded or railroad
transportation jurnished.

This statement appears to be neces-
sary, as many destitute invalids come
each year from other and distant
States in the belief that the Govern-
ment maintains a public institution
at which they will be cared for free
of charge.

THE ARMY AND NAVY
GENERAL HOSPITAL

The Army and Navy General Hos-
pital is also supplied with water
from the springs. It is administered

by the War Department for the bene-
fit of officers and enlisted men of the
military and naval service of the
United States, cadets at the United
States Military and Naval Acade-
mies, officers of the Revenue Cutter
Service, now forming part of the
Coast Guard, officers of the Public
Health Service, and honorably dis-
charged soldiers and sailors of the
Regular and Volunteer Army and
Navy of the United States, who are
suff'ering from such diseases as the
waters of the hot springs of Arkansas
have an established reputation in
benefiting.

In the case of veterans whose serv-
ice was rendered since 1897, applica-
tion for admission to this institution
should be made to the Veterans' Ad-
ministration, Washington, D. C, or
to a district office of the Administra-
tion. The nearest district office to the
hospital is at Little Rock, Ark. In all
other cases applications should be
submitted to the Surgeon General,
United States Army, Washington,
D. C. No local applications can be
considered.

Visitors are advised that soliciting
for hotels, hoarding houses, or doctors
on the trails and busses running into
Hot Springs is in violation of law,
and are warned against heeding the
advice of irresponsible and unknown
persons. In the interest of the public
it has been found necessary to pro-
hibit the bathing of anyone stopping
at a hotel or boarding house in which
the solicitation of patronage for
doctors {commonly known as "doctor
drumming**^ is allowed.

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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARIES

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Rules and Regulations

[Briefed]

Let no one say, and say it to your shame,
That all was beauty here until you came.

Preservation of natural features. —

Destruction, injury, defacement, or
disturbance in any way of public
buildings, signs, trees, flowers, shrub-
bery, rocks, animal or bird life is
prohibited.

Fires. — Fires are one of the greatest
perils to the park's existence. They
are not permitted to be kindled any-
where but in designated sites. Ex-
treme care should be taken that all
cigarettes or cigars have been com-
pletely extinguished before they are
thrown away at the side of roads or
trails.

Hunting. — No hunting whatever is
permitted within the park boundaries.

Private operations. — To solicit or sell
anything, no matter how minor, ex-
cept by persons holding contract with
the United States, is prohibited. The
excepted activities are those restricted
to the bathhouses and the Hot Springs
Mountain Observatory.

Advertising. — No advertising or dis-
tribution of placards or advertising
matter is permitted in the park.

Automobiles and motorcycles. — All

roads are of mountain type, and
care should be taken at all times while
driving through the park area. There
is no need of high speeds, as park
roads are altogether recreational in
character. Muffler cut-outs must al-
ways be closed. Speed of motor
vehicles in campground must not
exceed 15 miles an hour.

Horses and horse-drawn vehicles. —

Horses have the right-of-way at all
times and must be given the inside of
roads when they desire it. Drivers of
automobiles and motorcycles should
be careful not to frighten horses.

Camping. — Visitors using the public
campgrounds on Gorge Creek must
first register in the office of the care-
taker and obtain permit for camp-
site. Automobiles and trailers must
be placed in assigned areas and not
moved to other sites without permis-
sion of caretaker. No structure of
poles, lumber, or sheet metal may be
erected. Campgrounds must be kept
clean and sanitary and are closed
between the hours of 10 p. m. and
5 a. m.

Park rangers are always in uniform and
are glad to answer inquiries at all times.

U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1941

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