Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-02
HOUGH known to tho public
for hardly more than de-
cade Hot Springs has taken

national health resorts and
its fame and it's wonderful cures
through the healing waters and ideal
climate are now attracting health and
pleasure seekers even from beyond the
sea. Nature and art here con-
spired to minister to man. Our
marvellous waters, captivating
scenery, perfect climate, eScep-
tional hotel Accommodations and splen
did railway facilities make this Il Me G.
ca to which increasing throngs will
joyfully resort as long as the marvel
GUS springs gush forth life and
strength to gladden. and bless the
weary and the sick.
Singularly and amply favored by ma
ture, Hot Springs challenges, by its
record OF cures and it's many attract
ions for. the ailing or tho pleasure
seeker. an other of the health re-
sorts in this country. Hot Springs
growth has been steady but when all
that she has to offer is fully known, her
progress will surprise the most en-
thusiastic of her champions.
Long before the white man had pen
etrated into this interesting and rich
domain these waters healed the savage
and their Indian name "Nlinnekahta"
(hot waterO brought vision to their
untutored minds of vigor and power.
Fierce battles were waged between
warning tribes'for these springs and
Cheyenne and Sioux realized full we'll
in their struggles the almost priceless
blessings that bubbled up in these
waters. The Sioux triumphed in the
end and it was from these bold war
riors that the United States bought
these famous lands in 1876.
Hot Springs is situated in the south
western part of the vale, at the begin
ming of the approaches to the Black
Hills.
Its main site is in the bottom OF a
gulch or cannon seventeen miles in
length and varying from few hun
dred to many hundred feet in breadth.
In some places the sides are quite pre-
cipitious; in others they ascend grad
ually into lofty hills. Opposite Hot
Springs, on the top of the embank-
ments, are broad plateaus, which fur
nish eligible sites for residences and
public buildings. 4 -s..,-s-,-.. .---sss-..s-...
Along this canyon for about six miles,
springs of warm water bubble up out
of the earth in sufficient quantity to
constitute small stream of pure linn
pid water, which is called Fall River.
Parallel to the river run a railroad
and carriage road and OH either side of
it are hotels, business and public
buildings. There could be no more
favorable location for a summer and
winter resort. Picturesquely placed
on Fall River with All altitude of $500
feet, $500 feet higher than that of Chi
cago, the atmosphere is at once clear,
pure and dry, absolutely free from
malaria and the miasmatic vapors
which now and then spread over less
elevated places. The air, freighted with
the scent of the great pine and spruce
forests that are the browning beauty of
the Hills, giving them kaleidoscope
charm that is possessed by no other
portion of the northwest, appeals
strangely to the men and women who,
in this day world, need just
/. such tonic as is found at aot Springs.
When the dog star rules the world,
when all is hot and muggy and life
seems pail. thousands of favored NOR
tails in need of the medicinal qualities