Hot Springs National Park Arkansas - 1952 - LARGE LETTER

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Hot Springs National Park Arkansas - 1952 - LARGE LETTER: Hot Springs National Park is a United States National Park in central Arkansas adjacent to the city of Hot Springs. Hot Springs Reservation was initially created by an act of the United States Congress on April 20, 1832, and the area was made a national park on March 4, 1921. It is the smallest national park by area in the United States. Since Hot Springs National Park is the oldest federal reserve, it was the first to receive its own US quarter in April 2010 as part of the America the Beautiful Quarters series. The hot springs flow from the western slope of Hot Springs Mountain, part of the Ouachita Mountain range. In the park, the hot springs have not been preserved in their unaltered state as natural surface phenomena. They have instead been managed to conserve the production of uncontaminated hot water for public use. The mountains within the park are also managed within this conservation philosophy in order to preserve the hydrological system that feeds the springs. People have used the hot spring water in therapeutic baths for more than two hundred years to treat rheumatism and other ailments. While it was a reservation, the area developed into a well-known resort nicknamed The American Spa that attracted not only the wealthy but indigent health seekers from around the world as well. This Linen Era (1930-45) Large Letter postcard is typical of the genre with insertion of scenes from the locale into the oversized lettering. The card is in good condition, but the cancellation appears on its image as well as on its reverse. Metrocraft. Everett. Mass. No. 47179. Pub. By All State News Co., Hot Springs National Park, Ark.