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In the park, the hot springs have not been preserved in their unaltered state as natural surface phenomena.

The hot springs flow from the western slope of Hot Springs Mountain, part of the Ouachita Mountain range. Since Hot Springs National Park is the oldest park maintained by the National Park Service, it was the first to receive its own US quarter in April 2010 as part of the America the Beautiful Quarters coin series. Until the redesignation of Jefferson National Expansion Memorial as Gateway Arch National Park in 2018, Hot Springs was the smallest national park by area in the United States. The area was established as a national park on March 4, 1921. Incorporated January 10, 1851, the city was known in the early 20th century as the home to Major League Baseball spring training, illegal gambling, speakeasies during the Prohibition era, and gangsters such as Al Capone, horse racing at Oaklawn Park, the Army and Navy Hospital, and 42nd President Bill Clinton. Following federal protection in 1832, the city developed into a successful spa town. The hot spring water has been popularly believed for centuries to possess medicinal properties, and was a subject of legend among several Native American tribes. Established before the concept of a national park existed, it was the first time that land had been set aside by the federal government to preserve its use as an area for recreation. Hot Springs Reservation was initially created by an act of the United States Congress on Apto be preserved for future recreation. Hot Springs National Park is an American national park in central Garland County, Arkansas, adjacent to the city of Hot Springs, the county seat. Location in the United States Show map of the United StatesĪp(designated as a national park on March 4, 1921)