Arkansas Ties ... A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That, and a Whole Lot of Arkansas

Historical Markers Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas     Street numbers were assigned to locations along Central Avenue for the first time in 1878. In the same year, gaslights illuminated city streets and electric street lights followed in 1882.  The first long-distance telephone service reached the city in 1880.   Kenneth Adair Memorial Park Dedicated to the memory of Mr. Kenneth Adair (1904-1988) One of the city's foremost black statesmen, Mr. Adair devoted his life in service to the disadvantaged and in achieving equality for all Hot Springs Citizens. The railroad reached Malvern in 1870, and the narrow- gauge diamond jo Line from there to Hot Springs was completed in 1875.  The track was changed to standard gauge in 1889.  This in effect, brought intercontinental service to the city.   Garland County | Historical Markers One | Two | Three | Four