I-Hot Springs, i-Arkansas ingenye yezindawo ezinhle kunazo zonke kuleli zwe ukuze ufunde ngomlando we-spa-eya eMelika, okuvame ukukhula emithonjeni eshisayo. Yiqiniso, amaMelika aseMelika ayokuqala ukusebenzisa iziphethu ezishisayo kule ndawo. Uhulumeni wase-US wathola ingcebo yeziphethu ezishisayo kule ndawo ngo-1803, ngenkathi ehlola izindawo ezintsha ezayingxenye ye-Louisiana Purchase.
Imithi yaseNtshonalanga yayingekho okuningi okwakunganikezwa ngaleso sikhathi, ngakho iziphethu ezishisayo kwakuyizo zokwelapha izifo ezifana ne-rheumatism ne-arthritis. Abahlali bafika ngo-1807, futhi idolobha lase-rustic lokugeza elisha laphuma ngokushesha, nezinkumbi ezenziwe ngamapulangwe ezithwala amanzi ashisayo phansi kwezintaba ukuya ezindaweni ezingezansi.
Ukuvikela imithombo yamabhizinisi ababezibiza njengeyabo, uhulumeni wase-US wabiza ngokuthi i-Federal Reservation ngo-1832. Lokhu kwakuyisandulela ku-National Park System, okwenza i-Hot Springs ibe yindawo epaki endala ku-National Park System - - endala kunase-Yellowstone eminyakeni engama-40!
Maye, kwakungekho ukuphoqeleka ukuhamba nokuqokwa, ngakho-ke ngemva kweminyaka engamashumi amahlanu ukugwetshwa kwezigwegwe kwadingeka kwasusa izakhamizi ezizimele ezazithi "ziphethe" iziphethu. Ngo-1878 iziphethu nezintaba ezazizungezile zabekelwa eceleni njengendawo yokubhuka e-Hot Springs.
Lokhu, nomlilo omkhulu owabhubhisa iningi lomuzi, walethe izinguquko ezinkulu ku-Hot Springs.
Kwavela ekubeni idolobhana elibi elibhekene nendawo edolobheni elihle kakhulu enyakatho yama-1880, elinamanzi okunethezeka e-Victorian kanye nemigwaqo enhle nokuhleleka komhlaba. Lona kwakuyi-spa yekhulu le-19 eyayihamba phambili, eyaziwa eMelika kanye naseYurophu, futhi yaqhubeka phakathi nekhulu lama-20
Phakathi kuka-1912 no-1923, izindlu zokugezela zakwa-Victori zokhuni zafakwa kancane kancane ngezindawo zokugezela ezithambile nezitishi, eziningana zazo ezazihlanganisa izindonga zamatshe, amabhilidi e-billiard, ama-gymnasiums kanye namafasitela angamabala.
Izindawo zokugezela ezinkulu eziyisishiyagalombili ezakhiwe phakathi kweminyaka ka-1892 no-1923 namanje zihlala kwi-Grand Promenade eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Historic Bathhouse Row, ekhethwe njengeNational Historic Landmark District ngo-1987.
Bemi .... Kodwa iningi labo alisekho evulekile. Njengoba imithi yaseNtshonalanga yaphumelela ngokwengeziwe ema-1940 no-1950, izindlu zokugeza zahlehla. Kuphela, i-Buckstaff Bathhouse, ekwazi ukuqhubeka nokusebenza okuqhubekayo kusukela ngo-1912!
I-classic eklanyweni, ngezingqimba zeDoric kanye ne-urns ezibheke phambili kwesakhiwo, isakhiwo sibonisa isitayela sase-Edwardian futhi sigcinwe kahle kuzo zonke izindlu zokugeza. Lokho kusinikeza umkhuba wendabuko wokugezela owawuqala isonto elilodwa, ama-21-bath "impiliso" eqala ngamaminithi angu-20 futhi ehamba ngamaphakethe ashisayo, ahlala emabhakeni, emabhodini, nasezikhungweni zezinaliti. Kuhle kakhulu uma kulandelwa ukusikhipha isiSwidi . Noma yimuphi umthandi we-spa kufanele anikeze lowo mzamo.
I-Fordyce Bathhouse, eyasebenza kusukela ngo-1915 kuya ku-1962, manje isebenza njengeNational Hot Springs Park Visitors Centre. Ungabona imiboniso emlando futhi uthole umqondo wokunethezeka okuhilelekile, futhi ubuke ifilimu emaminithi ayisishiyagalolunye ekhombisa isimiso sokugeza somdabu.
Abantu abafuna ukusampula isipiliyoni se-spa yesimanje esimweni sokumlando kufanele bazame ama-Baths ne-Spa, i-Spanish Revival bathhouse ene-dome ephawulekayo.
Ivalwe ngo-1984 kodwa yavulwa futhi ngo-2007, inikeza izinsizakalo ze-spa zanamuhla eceleni kwamanzi okugezela okuzimele kanye nokugeza komphakathi emachibini amane amakhulu okushisa.
I-Park Springs National Park inikeza imigwaqo ehamba ngamamayela angu-26 ehola i-Hot Springs Mountain, lapho amadolobha angama-47 ashisayo athola khona izinga lokushisa kwama-degrees angu-143. Ungakhathazeki! Isehlile phansi ngaphambi kokuthi ungene kuwo.