Hot Springs and Sports

16/09/2016 9 min
Hot Springs and Sports

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...in which Rex and Paul talk about the Arlington Hotel, development in downtown Hot Springs, the Medical Arts Building, the Park Hotel, bath houses, Central Avenue real estate, outdoor thermal pools and visitor expectations, Lewis Grizzard's formulation on the word "naked," Major League spring training in Hot Springs, Larry Foley's film, the end of summer and the transition from baseball to football, Paul's basketball career at Sloan-Hendrix High School in Imboden, Dyess, the Clover Bend and the New Deal settlement community there, and the Sloan-Hendrix rivalry with Black Rock.