Publications & Merchandise



Product Image Item Name- Price
10 pack Notecards

10 pack Notecards

Linen cardstock with envelopes ($1.80 shipping)
$14.00

Add:

5 pack Notecards

5 pack Notecards

Linen cardstock with envelopes ($1.40 shipping)
$8.00

Add:

Country Doctors of Arkansas

Country Doctors of Arkansas

Dr. Sam Taggart tells the inspiring stories of Arkansas' county doctors from the state's early history up to today. $20 plus $5 shipping.
$20.00

Add:

Garland County Historical Society's Limited Edition Mask

Garland County Historical Society's
Limited Edition Mask

$8 each ($1 charge for shipping) To order: call (501) 321-2159 (M-F, 9AM - 1PM) Call for drive-by pickup at GCHS, 328 Quapaw Ave., Hot Springs, AR...
$8.00

Add:

GCHS Baseball Cap

GCHS Baseball Cap

Come to Historical Society to avoid $8 shipping rate! Navy blue bill, khaki cap, and burgundy GCHS logo. Perfect sizing with adjustable band and...
$20.00

Add:

Limited Edition long-sleeve tee by Richard Stephens

Limited Edition long-sleeve tee by Richard Stephens

New long-sleeve tees with art by Hot Springs' renowned artist Richard Stephens. Limited edition and supply--may purchase online or at the Historical...
$15.00

... more info

Snake Eyes: Murder in a Southern Town

Snake Eyes: Murder in a Southern Town

Snake Eyes: Murder in a Southern Town by Bitty Martin is a true story revealing Hot Springs’ frightening times when a girl’s 1966 suspicious...
$26.00

Add:

The Old Post Office by Richard Stephens poster

The Old Post Office by Richard Stephens poster

Signed copy of Richard Stephens’ watercolor of the historic Old Post Office's door in downtown Hot Springs (11 x 17 inches). $10 plus $5 shipping.
$10.00

Add:

The Record - 2020

The Record - 2020

The 61st edition of GCHS’s award-winning journal Front cover: Gary Simmons’ watercolor, Gulpha Creek. Back cover: photographs showing...
$25.00

Add:

The Record - 2019

The Record - 2019

The Record 2019 is in! The sixtieth edition of the society’s annual journal brings to vivid life the people, places, and events that have shaped...
$25.00

Add:

The Record - 2021

The Record - 2021

The 62nd edition of GCHS’ award-winning journal. The journal’s covers celebrate the 100th anniversary of Hot Springs National Park’s...
$25.00

Add:

The Record - 2022

The Record - 2022

The 63rd edition of GCHS’ award-winning journal Majestic Park is celebrated on the front cover of The Record 2022. The cover article celebrates the...
$25.00

Add:

The Record - 2018

The Record - 2018

The Record 2018 is in! Pioneers and poetry, moonshining and murder, baseball and bathhouses—the society’s journal has all of these and more as...
$25.00

Add:

The Record - 2017

The Record - 2017

The Record 2017 is in! The cover article of the 58th edition of our yearly journal features the life and work of I. Granger McDaniel. McDaniel was a...
$25.00

Add:

Then & Now: Hot Springs, Arkansas

Then & Now: Hot Springs, Arkansas

by Mike Bythe Compare historic Hot Springs with Hot Springs today in Mike Bythe’s Then & Now: Hot Springs, Arkansas. Garland County Historical...
$25.00

Add:

The Mob at the Spa: Organized Crime and Its Fascination with Hot Springs, Arkansas

The Mob at the Spa: Organized Crime and Its Fascination with Hot Springs, Arkansas

By Orval Allbritton The Garland County Historical Society announces the publication of Orval Allbritton’s much-anticipated book The Mob at the Spa:...
$20.00

Add:

Dangerous Visitors: The Lawless Era

Dangerous Visitors: The Lawless Era

By Orval Allbritton Dangerous Visitors: The Lawless Era paints a fascinating portrait of a time when many underworld characters came to Hot Springs....
$20.00

Add:

Hot Springs Gunsmoke

Hot Springs Gunsmoke

By Orval Allbritton The history of a place, the things that make it what it is today, are not all beauty and architecture and heroic residents. The...
$20.00

Add:

Lawman: The Story of Clay White - A Life of Service

Lawman: The Story of Clay White - A Life of Service

by Orval Allbritton This 270 page softcover book tells Clay White’s remarkable story. Clay traveled far in his lifetime—from a small town in...
$20.00

Add:

Alligators and Artichokes

Alligators and Artichokes

by the Whittington Valley Neighborhood Association This 204-page cookbook features paintings by local artists that illustrate scenes from historic...
$16.00

Add:

Boiling Out at the Springs: A History of Major League Baseball Spring Training at Hot Springs, Arkansas

Boiling Out at the Springs: A History of Major League Baseball Spring Training at Hot Springs, Arkansas

by Don Duren From 1886 up to the 1940s, every major league baseball team came to Hot Springs—and the fascinating details are in this book by Don...
$20.00

... more info
 Sold Out 

Calvary Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions 2006

Calvary Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions 2006

Compiled by Gail Ashbrook and Elizabeth C. Davis The land for Calvary Cemetery was purchased in 1881, but tombstones of early Irish immigrants who...
$20.00

Add:

Carved in Stone, Cast in Metal, Final Tributes, Sad Farewells

Carved in Stone, Cast in Metal, Final Tributes, Sad Farewells

Compiled by Gail Ashbrook Carved in Stone, Cast in Metal, Final Tributes, Sad Farewells is a collection of selected epitaphs gathered from tombstones...
$12.00

Add:

Friendship Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions 2007

Friendship Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions 2007

Compiled by Gail Ashbrook, Lana Donoho, and Elizabeth C. Davis The acquisition of land and the first interments in Friendship Cemetery (which was...
$12.00

Add:

Garland County, Arkansas: Our History and Heritage

Garland County, Arkansas: Our History and Heritage

Table of Contents Index to the Book Errata This 696 page volume with a handsome linen hardcover is an indispensable guide to the people, places, and...
$50.00

... more info
 Sold Out 

Greenwood Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions 2005

Greenwood Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions 2005

Compiled by Gail Ashbrook, Elizabeth C. Davis, Computer Consultant Greenwood was organized as a cemetery company in 1882, when it began listing...
$32.00

Add:

Hollywood Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions 2002

Hollywood Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions 2002

Compiled by Gail Ashbrook Hollywood, the oldest cemetery in Hot Springs, was used as a burial ground prior to the Civil War. In 1988 the Hot Springs...
$22.00

Add:

Indian Folklore Atlas of Hot Springs National Park

Indian Folklore Atlas of Hot Springs National Park

By Marcus Phillips This widely-acclaimed softcover book explores the legends, traditions, and history of the beautiful Valley of the Vapors. Marcus...
$25.00

Add:

Jewish Rest Cemetery and Beth Jacob Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions 2006

Jewish Rest Cemetery and Beth Jacob Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions 2006

Compiled by Gail Ashbrook and Elizabeth C. Davis The land for Jewish Rest (at the intersection of Summer Street and Albert Pike) was purchased in...
$15.00

Add:

Leo and Verne: The Spa’s Heyday

Leo and Verne: The Spa’s Heyday

By Orval Allbritton View Index Leo and Verne: The Spa’s Heyday reveals Hot Springs’ colorful past as seen through the actions and decisions of...
$35.00

... more info
 Sold Out 

Marble Township in the 1880s

Marble Township in the 1880s

Compiled by Margaret Hubbard, Patsy Schran Hall, and Mary "Jackie" Cooper Various individuals who have lived in Marble Township, or whose families...
$22.00

Add:

Marcus Phillips’ Trail Talks - A Six Volume DVD Set

Marcus Phillips’ Trail Talks - A Six Volume DVD Set

Jerry Jones and the City of Hot Springs produced this popular series, first seen on local television. Beloved local historian Marcus Phillips takes...
$50.00

Add:

Observations of Arkansas: The 1824-1863 Letters of Hiram Abiff Whittington

Observations of Arkansas: The 1824-1863 Letters of Hiram Abiff Whittington

In 1913, as workmen dismantled a pioneer home in Montgomery County, they discovered in the attic a neatly-bound volume of letters that would prove to...
$25.00

Add:

The Art of History: Catherine Thornton's Hot Springs

The Art of History: Catherine Thornton's Hot Springs

by Catherine Thornton This beautiful ninety-seven page, full-color, six by nine inch book presents Catherine Thornton's paintings of locations and...
$20.00

Add:

The Cedar Glades Express

The Cedar Glades Express

by Janis Kent Percefull The renowned health resort and spa of Hot Springs, Arkanas, endured a harsh winter followed by numerous fires and a major...
$18.00

... more info
 Sold Out 

Three Strangers Come to Call

Three Strangers Come to Call

by Janis Percefull This delightful 131-page novel traces the fictional adventures of three children in 1895 Hot Springs.
$15.00

... more info
 Sold Out 

The Record - 2016

The Record - 2016

$25.00

Add:

The Record - 2015

The Record - 2015

$25.00

Add:

The Record - 2014

The Record - 2014

$25.00

Add:

The Record - 2013

The Record - 2013

$25.00

Add:

The Record - 2012

The Record - 2012

$25.00

Add:

The Record - 2011

The Record - 2011

$25.00

Add:

What the Children Told Us

What the Children Told Us

What the Children Told Us by Tim Spofford is an acclaimed biography of pioneering Black psychologists, educators, and activists Drs. Kenneth and...
$20.00

Add:

The Record - 2010

The Record - 2010

$25.00

Add:

The Record - 2009

The Record - 2009

$25.00

Add:



© Copyright 2016 Garland County Historical Society. All rights reserved. P.O. Box 21335, Hot Springs, AR 71903-1335