Glimpses of our national parks .. . ost, as possible from the great scenic nationalparks which we have been considering, but in its own particu-lar way as extraordinary as any of them, the Hot Springs Reserva-tion in the Ozark JNIountains of Arkansas must be accorded a distin-guished place among American resorts of national character andownership. The reservation is the oldest national park, having re-ceived that status in 183-2, forty years before the wonders of theYellowstone first inspired Congress with the idea that scenery was anational asset deserving of preservation for the use and enjo
Glimpses of our national parks .. . ost, as possible from the great scenic nationalparks which we have been considering, but in its own particu-lar way as extraordinary as any of them, the Hot Springs Reserva-tion in the Ozark JNIountains of Arkansas must be accorded a distin-guished place among American resorts of national character andownership. The reservation is the oldest national park, having re-ceived that status in 183-2, forty years before the wonders of theYellowstone first inspired Congress with the idea that scenery was anational asset deserving of preservation for the use and enjoymentof succeeding generations. No aesthetic consideration was involved in this early act of nationalconservation. Congress was inspired only by the undoubted, but atthat time inexplicable, power of these waters to alleviate certainbodily ills. The motive was to retain these uni(|ue waters in publicpossession in order that they should be available to all persons for alltime at a minimum, even a nominal, cost. OUK XATIOXAL PAKKS. 47. Hot ypKiNGs Reservation, Showing Bath HousbjRow and the Army andNavy General Hospital The low, irregular mountain masses known as the Ozarks cover thegreater part of southern Missouri and overlap northern Arkansas,where, in marked contrast Avith the surrounding plains, they becomehigher, more rugged, and heavily timbered. The country is one of much beauty. Hgt vSprings Mountain, fromwhose sides flow the cleansing waters, is about fifty miles west bysouth from Little Eock. Here, as early as 1804, began the settlementwhich has developed into the handsome prosperous city of KKOOOinhabitants known as Hot Springs. It is a resort city, made wealthyfrom the many thousands of visitors seeking health from the adjacentGovernment springs and pleasure ii^ the high and beautiful neigh-borhood country with its excellent drives and woodland paths, itsmountain and river views, its social, gayeties, and its exceptional golf. Adjoining the borders of the (^ity at the
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