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Baseball in Hot Springs

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Hot Springs, known for its naturally heated springs and therapeutic bathhouses, became a major training ground in baseball. A must—have for fans of baseball history.

Hot Springs, Arkansas, with its thermal water baths, attracted its first big—league outfit when the National League champion Chicago White Stockings traveled south for spring training in 1886.

The baseball colony grew as dozens of other clubs followed. Individual players flocked here as well to hike, golf, and boil out in bathhou...