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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.

Pres. Roosevelt is in an open touring car on Fountain St. in front of the Arlington Hotel. A crowd surrounds the car.  

Did You Know?
On June 10, 1936, President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Hot Springs National Park and toured the Fordyce Bathhouse as part of the Arkansas centennial celebration. FDR used the baths at Warm Springs, Georgia, on a regular basis to relieve his polio. He never bathed in Hot Springs.

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