The hot springs of Arkansas, as they are : a history and guide / by Charles Cutter.

  • Cutter, Charles, 1837-1912.
Date:
1875
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Credit: The hot springs of Arkansas, as they are : a history and guide / by Charles Cutter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    About one mile north of Rockport tertiary limestone makes its appearance on the side of a hill near the Chalybeate Spring. This is the most northerly point in Hot Springs county where I have 'been able to detect this formation, though the water in a well dug at Mr. Wood's place, in Magnet Cove, is hard limestone water, so that it is not improbable that these calcareous rocks may be found further north. Soils were collected for chemical analysis, both from Andrew Mitchell's and Wilmoth Mitchell's farms, viz.: from sections 20 and township 3 south, and range 17 west; but time has not yet permitted the completion of the analysis of these soils. WHO OWN THE HOT SPKINGS? This is asked by every visitor who comes to the valley, if he has not been informed before he arrives here. It is a question not easily answered, and whilst every one has an interest in knowing, no one can satisfactorily answer it. « The question of ]title has been so long in dispute, and there are so many claimants, law suits and opinions concerning them, that I do not care here to give an opinion as to the validity of any. I will give more information, however, concerning the title, by copying from public docu- ments, etc., the law, correspondence and evidence, than has ever beea printed for public distribution, and enough to give a clear outline of this long contested and still unsettled dispute. All the citizens of the valley feel exceedingly anxious to have this matter settled, and do not hesitate to say to one and all, first and last, that they wish the Government to take possession of the property at once. It is feared that it will now be allowed to drag along in the Court of Claims, and then in the Supreme Court of the United States for several years, to the advantage of a few claimants and the detriment of the place and invalid visitors. Ex-Gov. Rector (one of the claimants) has kindly furnished me with a brief outline of the basis of three claims, and the objections to each, which fairly states the case. Those who feel enough inter- est in the matter to follow through, will find much that is interesting and instructive, and many items pertaining to the early history of Hot Springs.