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Hot Springs National ParkThe front of the Fordyce Bathhouse, the park visitor center.
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Hot Springs National Park
Bookstore

The Eastern National sponsored store is in the visitor center on the first floor in what formerly was the Men’s Cooling Room.

Among the items carried are books about Hot Springs history, the plants and animals of the area, other national parks, post cards, and bath-related souvenirs. You can purchase reproduced Fordyce towels, water bottles to fill with hot spring water, whetstones, traditional luffa bath mitts, and many more spa items.

To inquire about store items, call store manager Terri Reedy at (501) 620-6714.

black and white photo of Rector's bathhouse, a small one story frame building near the edge of Hot Springs Creek  

Did You Know?
In May 1862, Arkansas Governor Henry Massie Rector moved the state government to his hotel and bathhouse located on Hot Springs Reservation, now Hot Springs National Park. That July, the government seat was moved further south to Old Washington for the remainder of the Civil War.

Last Updated: August 01, 2007 at 16:56 EST