![]() Oddly enough, this area became “neutral ground” again in the 1930s when mobsters from Chicago, New York and Los Angeles came to fraternize together and get away from it all. The Native Americans called the area “the valley of the vapors,” where tribes could put aside their differences and enjoy the rejuvenation of the springs. While no one knows when the first humans came to what is now Hot Springs, experts believe Native Americans - including the Tunica, Caddo, Quapaw, Choctaw, Cherokee and other groups - were using the springs as a peaceful gathering spot as many as 10,000 years ago. ![]() It percolated 6,000-8,000 feet into the earth where it became superheated by surrounding rock before rising and emerging at 147✯ from the area’s 47 hot springs. The hot spring water comes from rainwater that fell more than 4,000 years ago. Visitors can’t help but feel the thousands of years of history surrounding them in Hot Springs - history that continues to bubble up every minute.
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