The Record 2025 is available!
The 66th edition of the Garland County Historical Society’s award-winning journal features:
- a wraparound cover of downtown Hot Springs ca 1915
- early Hot Springs trade tokens and turnofthecentury businesses
- how a small Southern town became a cosmopolitan resort
- the life and legacy of NPS photographer George A. Grant
- the rise and fall of the Park Hotel (1891–1913)
- celebrating 100 years of Radio Station KTHS
- architect Eugene J. Stern’s Hot Springs landmarks
- Owney Madden’s Hot Springs ties—plus his newly revealed love letters
- a tour of the History of Hot Springs Gambling Museum
- Chief Ranger Irving D. Townsend’s service in the 1930s–40s
- Tiny Town’s 60+ years of delight on Whittington Avenue
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Mission & Vision
Since 1960, the Garland County Historical Society (based in Hot Springs, Arkansas) has collected, preserved, and educated the public about the history of Garland County. With over 40,000 photographs and other items in our searchable database, numerous newspapers, manuscripts, maps, books, and other materials, we have one of Arkansas’ most outstanding local history collections.
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Membership in the GCHS supports our mission of collecting, preserving, and educating the public about the history of Garland County.
We Thank Our Corporate Members
Augustus H. Garland Member
Hiram A. Whittington Members
