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List Of Hot Springs In The United States
__NOTOC__ This is a dynamic list of hot springs in the United States. The Western states in particular are known for their thermal springs: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming; but there are interesting hot springs in other states throughout the country. Indigenous peoples' use of thermal springs can be traced back 10,000 years, per archaeological evidence of human use and settlement by Paleo-Indians. These geothermal resources provided warmth, healing mineral water, and cleansing. Hot springs are considered sacred by several Indigenous cultures, and along with sweat lodges have been used for ceremonial purposes. Since ancient times, humans have used hot springs, public baths and thermal medicine for therapeutic effects. Bathing in hot, mineral water is an ancient ritual. The Latin phrase, ''sanitas per aquam'', means "health through water", involving the treatment of disease and various ailments by balneother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Strike Hot Springs
Gold Strike Hot Springs, also known as Goldstrike Hot Springs, Nevada Hot Springs and Gold Strike Canyon Hot Springs are a group of hot springs near Hoover Dam on the Arizona/Nevada border near historic Boulder City. They are in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. History Indigenous people used hot springs throughout the American Southwest for thousands of years, based on archaeological evidence of human use and settlement by Paleo-Indians. Thermal springs provided warmth, healing mineral water, and cleansing. Geology and geography The geothermally heated spring water seeps out of the cliffs in Gold Strike Canyon, and collects in a series of primitive rock soaking pools. The series of collecting pools go for approximately two miles along the canyon. The canyon has been known for flash floods. The pluton is exposed in Gold Strike Canyon, with volcanic breccias, multiple faults and dike intrusions. The hot springs emanate from the termination of the Palm Tree fault, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Hot Springs (Arizona)
Castle Hot Springs is a recently restored historic resort in Arizona that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located within the Hieroglyphic Mountains. History The Apache Wars discouraged development of the area until the 1880s when the springs and the adjacent land were purchased by Frank Murphy for the construction of a health resort. The resort was completed in 1896 by the brother of the Arizona Governor Oakes Murphy, and the newly renamed "Castle Hot Springs" was heavily advertised to potential clients. During the resort's heyday in the 1920s it was visited by celebrities such as Zane Grey, as well as famous families such as the Rockefellers. The resort was used by the United States military as a rehabilitation center from 1943 to 1944 to treat injured veterans of World War II. Future president John F. Kennedy spent three months at the resort during this period to recover from his wounds suffered during the sinking of his ship, PT-109. The resort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckhorn Baths Motel
The Buckhorn Baths Motel at 5900 East Main Street at the corner of North Recker Road in Mesa, Arizona was a small mineral hot springs resort which offered a bathhouse as well as both cottages and motel rooms for overnight stays. Beginning in 1936 as a gas station and store, Ted and Alice Sliger developed the property into a resort complex which opened in 1939 and was virtually complete as of 1947. It continued to operate until 1999, when the bathhouse closed, although the motel and "Wildlife Museum" continued until 2004. Although built over the course of more than a decade, the buildings are all designed in the Pueblo Revival architecture, Pueblo Revival style. The majority of the complex – but not buildings on the adjoining parcel of land to the west, also owned by the Singers and integrated into the resort complex – was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. History In 1936, Ted Sliger's store and lunch counter in Mesa, "Desert Wells", burned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
