Hot Springs, Arkansas
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Hot Springs is a resort city in the state of Arkansas, United States, and the county seat of Garland County. The city is located in the Ouachita Mountains among the U.S. Interior Highlands, and is set
The Quapaw Bathhouse, along Hot Springs' famed "Bathhouse Row"
September 10, 1913, with remnants of the fire
Aerial view of Hot Springs after 1925 along Central Avenue. The base of Hot Springs Mountain is in the top right, behind Bathhouse Row. Part of West Mountain is on the left. The southwest edge of North Mountain is behind the Arlington Hotel at top.
Hot Springs Rehabilitation Center—now known as Arkansas Career Training Institute—was formerly an Army and Navy Hospital.
Owney Madden
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Owen Vincent "Owney" Madden was an English-American gangster who was a leading underworld figure in New York during Prohibition. Nicknamed "The Killer", he garnered a brutal reputation within street g
Hot Springs, Arkansas
…Springs' most noted landmarks is the Arlington Hotel, a favored retreat for Al Capone. Hot Springs eventually became a national gambling mecca, led by Owney Madden and his Hotel Arkansas casino. The period 1927–1947 was its wagering pinnacle, with no fewer than ten major casinos and numerous smaller houses running…
Owney Madden in 1931 New York City Police Department mugshot
NYPD mug shot of Madden (first published in 1926)