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Gulpha Gorge

The earliest visitors who came to thehot springs to “take the bathe” and seek health from its mysterious waters may have been a group of Indians on the Archaic level, as evidence of their occupation is scattered throughout the State ...

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Grand Promenade

In the early 1890s, Robert Stevens, the career United States Army officer in charge, planned overall improvements of the Hot Springs Reservation. Over a five-year period he planned and oversaw construction of a suite of enhancements, including the formal entrance ...

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Crystal and Pythian Bathhouses

Little is known about African American bathing services during the 1860s and 1870s. In the 1880s black patrons could buy bath tickets at the Ozark Bathhouse, the Independent Bathhouse, and possibly the Rammelsberg Bathhouse on Bathhouse Row, but they were ...

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Army-Navy Hospital

In 1883, the first Army and Navy General Hospital was built in Hot Springs National Park as one of the country’s oldest Army general hospital. The hospital was dedicated to serving the sick and wounded of the United States fighting ...

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Happy Hollow

McLeod’s Amusement Park, later known as Happy Hollow, was a favorite spot for Hot Springs National Park visitors and locals from the late 1880s until 1948. McLeod first established a photo gallery at Happy Hollow. Most of the photography was ...

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The Approach to San Jacinto and the Encampment

On April 20, a detachment of Texas cavalry reconnoitering the route to Lynch's Ferry captured a flatboat full of provisions, staged for use by Santa Anna's men near the ferry landing. The Texas Army arrived near this spot about 11:00 ...

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Causes for Independence

In February 1831, Land Commissioner Francisco Madero issued land titles to some of the people who had come to settle in Texas, which was then part of Mexico. Having been given legal ownership of the land, the settlers established the ...

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Gotham Jewelry Shop

The Gotham Jewelry shop operated at 15 Main Street between 1933 and 1967 by owner Octave N. Rosenberg. The shop was also Bill Finger's inspiration for the fictional Gotham City made famous in the Batman Comics.

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University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum

USFCAM organizes exhibitions, produces relevant catalogues, schedules critically significant traveling exhibitions and underwrites new projects by artists emerging on the national and the international fronts.

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St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine

The Shrine is built on the site of the Avero House which was a 1972 University of Florida excavation site. It is dedicated to the first colony of Greek people who came to America in 1768 and consists of exhibits ...

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