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.
