I-Hot Springs, iAccount enye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo kweli lizwe ukuba zifunde ngembali ye-spa-eya eMelika, eyayikhula ngokuqhelekileyo kwimithombo yamanzi. Ewe, abantu baseMerika basekuqaleni basebenzisa imithombo eshushu kule ndawo. URhulumente waseUnited States ufumene ubutyebi bemithombo yamanzi kule ndawo ngo-1803, xa bekuhlolisisa imimandla emitsha eyayiyingxenye ye-Louisiana Purchase.
Amayeza aseNtshona ayengenanto enokuyenza ngelo xesha, ngoko imithombo eshushu yayingonyango olukhethiweyo lwezifo ezifana ne-rheumatism kunye ne-arthritis. Abahlali bafika ngo-1807, kwaye idolophu yokuhlamba i-rustic yakhawuleza ikhuphuke, kunye neengxowa zokhuni ezithwele amanzi aphezulu entabeni ukuya kwiindawo ezingezantsi.
Ukukhusela imithombo evela kubarhwebi abababiza njengabo, urhulumente wase-United States wabiza ngokuthi yiNtlawulo yeSigqeba ngo-1832. Oku kwakuyimphambili kwiNkqubo yeSizwe yePaki, okwenza iHot Springs ipaki enkulu kunazo zonke kwi-National Park System - - edala kuneJongstone ngeminyaka engama-40!
Hayi, kwakungekho nanyanzeliso yokuya kunye nokutyunjwa, ngoko emva kweminyaka engamashumi amahlanu amaninzi amacala afuna ukukhupha izakhamuzi zabucala abathi "ziphethe" imithombo. Ngowe-1878 imithombo kunye neentaba ezizungezile zazibekwa bucala njengeShorensi yamaHlathi.
Oku, kunye nomlilo omkhulu owawuchitha ininzi kwesi sixeko, kwazisa utshintsho olukhulu kwi-Hot Springs.
Kwakuye ukusuka kwidolophu enqabileyo yomda ukuya kwidolophu enqabileyo ye-spa kuma-1880, kunye neendawo zokuhlambela zase-Victorian ezintle kunye neendlela ezintle kunye nokuhlelwa komhlaba. Le yayingumhla we-19 wenkulungwane ye-spa-eya, eyaziwayo eMelika kunye neYurophu, kwaye yaqhubeka yaya kwikhulu lama-20
Phakathi kowe-1912 nowe-1923 amaziko okuhlambela ama-Victori ngamapulangwe athatyathwa ngokuthe ngcembe ngeendawo zokuhlambela izitena kunye ne-stucco, ezininzi zazo zineendonga zeemabula, ii-billiard rooms, i-gymnasiums kunye neefestile eziglasi.
Izindlu zokuhlambela ezilishumi ezisibhozo ezakhiwe phakathi kweminyaka ye-1892 no-1923 zihlala zihlala kwi-Grand Promenade eyaziwa ngokuba yi-Historic Bathhouse Row, ekhethwe njengeSizwe soMlando weNgingqi e-Landmark ngo-1987.
Bemi ... .Kodwa ininzi yabo ayisekho evulekile. Njengoko amayeza aseNtshona asebenza ngakumbi kwiminyaka ye-1940 neye-1950, izindlu zokuhlambela zaye zahla. Enye kuphela, iBuckstaff Bathhouse, yakwazi ukuhlala isebenza ngokuqhubekayo ukususela ngo-1912!
I-classic ekwakhiweni, kunye neentsika zeDoric kunye nee-urns zibeka phambi kwesakhiwo, isakhiwo sibonisa isitayela sase-Edwardian kwaye siyilondolozwe kakhulu kuyo yonke indawo yokuhlambela. Ihlala isinika isithethe sokuhlamba esiqhelekileyo esasemva kweeveki ezintathu, i-21-bath "yonyango" eqala nge-minute ye-whirlpool kwaye iqhutywe ngeepakethe ezishisayo, ihlala emabhotile, iibhabhinethi kunye neenaliti zamanzi. Eyona nto ibhetele xa ilandelwa yi- massage yaseSweden . Nawuphi na umthandi we-spa kufuneka anike loo nto.
I-Fordyce Bathhouse, eyasebenza ukusuka ngo-1915 ukuya kowe-1962, ngoku isebenza njengeziko leSizwe soMbane weeNgcaciso zePaki. Unokubona imiboniso yembali kwaye ufumane ingqiqo yezinto eziphathekayo ezibandakanyekayo, kwaye ujonge ifilimu engama-9 ebonisa umgangatho wokuhlamba wemveli.
Abantu abafuna ukusampula amava e-spa yesimanje kwisimo sembali kufuneka bazame i-Quapaw Baths kunye ne-Spa, i-Spanish Revival bathhouse kunye nedome ephawulekayo.
Ivalwe ngo-1984 kodwa yavulwa kwakhona ngowama-2007, ihambisa iinkonzo ze-spa zangoku kunye neendawo zangasese zokuhlambela kunye nezokuhlamba ngokubanzi emachibini amane amakhulu.
I-Park Springs National Park inikezela ngeekhilomitha ezili-26 zokuhamba ngeendlela ezikhokelela kwiNtaba ye-Hot Springs, apho iidolophu ezingama-47 ezitshisayo ziphuma kwiqondo lokushisa eliphakathi kwama-143 degrees. Ungaxhalabi! Icolile phambi kokuba ungene kuyo.