ʻO Hot Springs, Arkansas kahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa ma ka'āina e aʻo e pili ana i ka moʻaukala o ka spa-going iʻAmelika, i ulu mau i ka wai wela. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo nā poʻeʻAmelikaʻAmelika ka mea mua e hoʻohana i nā kumu wela ma kēia wahi. Uaʻike ke aupuni US i ka waiwai o nā wai wela ma kēia wahi i 1803, i ka wā eʻimi ana i nā'āina hou o ka Louis Louis Purchase.
ʻAʻole i loaʻa ka nui o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka manawa, no laila, he wela wela ka mea e pono ai no nā maʻi e like me ka rumatika a me ka maʻi o ka maʻi. Ua hōʻea nā kānaka i kahi 1807, a ua ulu koke ke kūlanakauhaleʻauʻau māmā, me nā pahu lāʻau e halihali ana i ka wai wela ma lalo o ke kuahiwi e kūkulu i lalo.
No ka paleʻana i nā waipuna mai nā mea kālepa e koi nei iā lākou e like me kā lākou pono'ī, ua kapaʻia ka inoaʻo US ma keʻano he Federal Reserve ma ka makahiki 1832. He hōʻailona kēia i ka National Park System, kahi i hoʻonuiʻia ai Hot Springs ka papa kahiko ma ka National Park System - -ʻoi aku ma mua o Yellowstone i nā makahiki he 40!
ʻAʻole,ʻaʻohe hana e hele ai me ka hoʻohanohano, no laila he kanalima mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua nui nā kānāwai i hoʻopau i nā kānaka kūʻokoʻa i'ōleloʻia he "waiwai" lākou. Ma ka makahiki 1878, ua hoʻokaʻawale loaʻia nā kahawai a me nā kuahiwi e puni ana iā lākou e like me Hot Springs Reserve.
ʻO kēia, a me kahi ahi nui i hōʻoki i ka hapa nui o ke kūlanakauhale, hoʻololi i nā hoʻololi nui i Hot Springs.
Ua hele ia ma keʻano o ke kaona o ke kūlanakauhale i kekahi kauhale kauhale i nā makahiki 1880, me nā haleʻauʻau nani o Victorian a me nā alanui nani a me ka hoʻokele'āina. ʻO kēia ka lālani o ke kauʻana o ke kenekulia 1900, ka mea kaulana iʻAmelika a meʻEulopa, a ua hoʻomau maikaʻiʻia i ka kenekulia 20
Ma waena o ka makahiki 1912 a me ka makahiki 1923, ua hoʻololi ikiʻia nā haleʻauʻauʻo Victorian ma nā hale palala nani nani a me nā'enehu, a he nui nāʻano o nā paia ma ka pahu pōhaku, nā lumi pākeke, nā gymnasiums, a me nā puka aniani paheʻe.
ʻEwalu mau hale holoi wai i kūkuluʻia i waena o nā makahiki 1892 a me 1923 e kū mau nei ma ka Promenade Nui iʻikeʻiaʻo Historic Bathhouse Row, i kapaʻiaʻo ka National Historic Landmark District i ka makahiki 1987.
Ke kū nei lākou. ... akāʻo ka hapanui o lākouʻaʻole e wehe hou. I ka makahiki 1940 a hiki i ka makahiki 1950, ua lilo ka hale mālama hale i ka palapa. Hoʻokahi wale nō,ʻo Buckstaff Bathhouse, i hoʻomauʻia e noho mau i ka makahiki 1912!
ʻO kaʻoihana kahiko, me nā koʻikoʻi Doric koʻikoʻi a me nā'āpana e'ākau ana i mua o ka hale, hōʻike ka hale i keʻano Edwardian a me ka mālama maikaʻiʻia o nā haleʻauʻau. ʻO ia keʻano o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻana o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻana i ka wā heʻekolu pule, he 21-bath "ho'ōla" i hoʻomaka me kahi hae he 20 mau minute a loaʻa mai ma nā pūkohu wela, e noho ana i nāʻauʻau, nā'auhu ahi, a me nā uala. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ma hope o ke kāpena Swedish . Pono e hāʻawi i kēlā a me kēia mea aloha i kēlā ho'āʻo.
ʻO ka Fordhouse Bath, nāna i hana mai ka makahiki 1915 a hiki i ka makahiki 1962, i kēia manawaʻo ia ka National Springs Springs Park Center. Hiki iāʻoe keʻike i nā hōʻikeʻike o ka mōʻaukala aʻike i keʻano o ka mea leʻaleʻa, a nānā i kahi kiʻi'oniwa mau minuke e hōʻike ana i ka hana maʻamau.
ʻO nā kānaka e makemake ana e hoʻokolo i ka hoʻonaʻauao hou i kahiʻoihana kūpono e ho'āʻo i ka hale holoi hoʻomaʻemaʻeʻo Quapaw Baths a me kahi Spa, kahi haleʻauʻau Revival Spanish.
Ua paniʻia i ka makahiki 1984 akā ua ho'āla houʻia i ka makahiki 2007, e hoʻolako ana i nā lawelawe o nā manawa hou me ka bath bath bath a me ka holoiʻana o nā kau ma nā kahawai nui maʻamau.
Hoʻolālā pūʻo Hot Springs National Park i 26 mau mile o ke alahele hele wāwae e piʻi ai i Hot Springs Mountain, kahi o nā kūlanakauhale he 47 i loaʻa ka mahana he 143 degrees. Mao hopohopo! Ua hauʻoliʻo ia ma mua o kou komoʻana i loko.