1890 Williams House Inn: A Hot Springs Arkansas Bed and Breakfast

May 13, 2011
Historic Downtown Hot Springs AR

501-321-2277

Stueart Pennington Running Of The Tubs, an open bathtub race that highlights the city of Hot Springs’ colorful history of “We Bathe the World,” on World-famous Bathhouse Row in downtown Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas.
The winning team will receive a traveling winner’s trophy that it will keep until the next year’s race. Individual team members will receive a trophy. Two additional trophies will be given, one for the Most Original Tub and one for the Most Humorous Tub.

For a complete list of rules please contact the Hot Springs Convention Center.
Some of the rules include -

* All team members must be 18 or older.
* The four team members pushing the tubs must wear hats of some type and shape and also some suspenders.
* Anything goes, including water balloons, costumes and race strategies.

All entry fees will be donated to the Downtown Merchants Christmas Tree Fund.

1890 Williams House Inn is located just five blocks from Central Avenue and the Running of the Tubs.  Enjoy the city and come back and relax in one of the Inn’s two person jetted “tubs”.

Hot Springs Sentinel-Record Presents Ladies Night Out

April 28, 2011
Hot Springs Convention Center

toverton@hotsr.com
501-623-7711
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Nothin’ but Net Senior 3on3 Basketball Tournament

March 17 – 20, 2011
Hot Springs area

www.srsports.org
2rsrolym@hotsprings.net
501-321-1441 or 800-720-7276
Contact: Dawne Brooks

Nothin’ But Net Senior 3on3 Basketball Tournament
March 17-20,2011
Location – Lakeside School, Hot Spring High School & First Church of the Nazarene

FREE admission

3 on 3 Senior Basketball Tournament
Senior Basketball Teams:
Ages 50-54,  55-59,  60-64,  65-69,  70-74,  75-Up.
Women’s & Men’s team on 1/2 court
Largest Senior Stand Alone 3on3 Basketball tournament in the nation!
14th year with over 26 states participating

Hot Springs Boat, Tackle & RV Show

February 25-27, 2011
Summit Arena & Hot Springs Convention Center

www.dgattractions.com
griffeyinc@sbcglobal.net
501-765-1423
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Garvan Woodland Gardens is an example of The Natural State at its best: a canopy of pines reaching skyward providing protection for delicate flora and fauna, gentle lapping waves that unfold along the 4 ½ miles of wooded shoreline, and rocky inclines that remind us of the surrounding Ouachita Mountains. The Gardens are a beautifully crafted response to those who may have doubted one determined woman’s vision for a world-class botanical garden. 

Garvan Woodland Gardens is open 7 days a week:
Winter Hours: Closed January.  February 1 – March 31 10:00 am. – 5:00 pm
Spring/Summer Hours: April 1 – September 30 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
Fall Hours: October 1 – November 21 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Come stay and relax in comfortable elegance at 1890 Williams House Inn, located just 20 minutes from Garvan Woodland Gardens.  The Inn has double person jetted tubs in all guest rooms, private bathrooms, in-room kitchen amenities and much more.

107th Annual Live Racing at Oaklawn

January 14-April 16
Oaklawn Park

www.oaklawn.com
winning@oaklawn.com
501-623-4411 or 1-800-OAKLAWN

Oaklawn Park’s 2011 live racing season begins! Through April 16th the Thoroughbred world is focused on Hot Springs’ world famous Oaklawn Park. Races are Wednesdays through Sundays at 1:30pm and Saturdays at 1pm. Derby Day is April 16. For more information please call or visit Oaklawn’s web site.

1890 Williams House Inn is located just one mile from Oaklawn Racetrack and is the lodging establishment where you can relax after a day at the races.  Come relax in comfortable elegance in one of your guest rooms and double-person jetted tubs.

More than a decade ago, John Villani, author of The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America, named Hot Springs one of the best small art towns in America.  Hot Springs has maintained its prestigious ranking in Mr. Villani’s guidebook and now ranks in the top ten.  In a recent article by USA Today, Villani stated, “This town inside a national park has a strong ethic of historic preservation, which can be seen in Victorian architecture.  Artists, gallery owners and my entrepreneurs moved to Hot Springs to follow their dreams.”  Villani specifically noted that the Hot Springs Music Festival is a “classic-music wonder.” Read the rest of this entry »

The year 2007 marked the 175th anniversary of Hot Springs National park.  In 1832, President Andrew Jackson named Hot Springs the first Federal Reservation, predating Yellowstone National Park of forty years, making Hot Springs America’s first national park.  In the early 1800s, the area was the destination of the Dunbar-Hunter Expedition commissioned by President Jefferson in 1804.  Once discovered by white settlers, the town quickly gre up around the hot springs to provide services for health seekers, rich and poor.

While the cornerstone of Hot Springs National Park is the thermal waters that flow from the active hot springs, the park also touts 26 miles of hiking trails, scenic drives and vistas overlooking the Ouachita Mountains.  Visitors to the park can tour the Fordyce Bathhouse now serving as the National Park’s visitors center and museum.  The Fordyce, built in 1915, closed in 1962 when the thermal bathing industry began diminishing.  The National Park renovated the abandoned bathhouse and re-opened it as a visitors center and museum in 1989.

1890 Williams House Inn, located in the the national park, is located just seven blocks from the Fordyce Bathhouse and historic Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs Arkansas.  An elegant and comfortable lodging option in Hot Springs Arkansas, you will enjoy downtown Hot Springs with its local restaurants,  boutique Read the rest of this entry »