<P> Mineral springs have been used for their medicinal properties since ancient times . By 1800 , places like Saratoga Springs , New York , Berkeley Springs and White Sulphur Springs , West Virginia , and French Lick , Indiana , were becoming popular American resorts . In 1832 Hot Springs , Arkansas , was set aside as a Federal reservation to protect 47 hot springs . In 1870 the area was protected by Congress as the Hot Springs Reservation and in 1921 it was made a National Park . Hot Springs National Park is a health resort and spa rather than a scenic area . </P>
<P> Mineral springs have been used for their medicinal properties since ancient times . By 1800 , places like Saratoga Springs , New York , Berkeley Springs and White Sulphur Springs , West Virginia , and French Lick , Indiana , were becoming popular American resorts . In 1832 Hot Springs , Arkansas , was set aside as a Federal reservation to protect 47 hot springs . In 1870 the area was protected by Congress as the Hot Springs Reservation and in 1921 it was made a National Park . Hot Springs National Park is a health resort and spa rather than a scenic area . </P>
when did hot springs become a national park
when did hot springs become a national park
1921
1921