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Midwest, Arkansas
Hot Springs AR
Bathhouse-era ravine dumps
Old dump ground Inferred from historyPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Codd and soda bottles
Crystals and minerals
Old bottlesAlso reported: hotel china, tonic and bitters glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Gilded Age spa city: Bathhouse Row hotels, druggists and bottling works served thousands of health seekers who left a dense glass record
Bathhouse era and Hot Springs embossed bottles are well documented; dump sites themselves are known locally but unpublished, tiered as inference
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Steep briar-choked ravinesTicks and chiggers, hidden glass shards
Keep exploring nearby
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