Hot Springs National Park

Slain Mount Rainier National Park Ranger 9th In Park Service History To Be Murdered In Line of Duty

Submitted by NPT Staff on January 2, 2012 - 1:51pm

When Mount Rainier National Park law enforcement Ranger Margaret Anderson was shot and killed on New Year's Day, she became the ninth ranger in the history of the National Park Service to be murdered in the line of duty, according to Park Service records.

Reader Participation Day: Has The National Park Service Been Led Astray By Congress and Become A Catchall Agency?

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on May 11, 2011 - 12:26am

Earlier this week we had a spirited discussion of whether the National Park Service needs to add a site to honor Cesar Chavez, who orchestrated the farm labor movement in the 1960s. That discussion nips at a larger question: Has Congress led the Park Service astray and turned it into a catchall agency?

National Park Quiz 92: Seconds

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on March 2, 2011 - 2:59am

You can't take this quiz in just a few seconds, but if you invest a few minutes you'll find out if you know as much about seconds as you do about firsts.

The National Park System's Cultural-Historical Wing: America's Story in 10 Chapters

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 15, 2011 - 2:59am

The more than 200 national parks established to preserve nationally significant cultural-historical resources "tell America's story" by interpreting about ten broad themes that increase our awareness and understanding of what American culture is and how it got that way.

Keeping Track So They're Never Forgotten: National Park Service Workers Who Died on The Job

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on January 31, 2011 - 1:46am

The list is long, more than 200 names stretching over a century and then some. It's a somber one, as well, tracking the deaths of National Park Service employees from a wide range of fates, from heart attacks to rockfalls to cold-blooded murder.

National Park Quiz 86: Ringer III

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on September 8, 2010 - 1:59am

Only nine of these ten statements are true. Can you tell which one is not?

U. S. Mint Announces Sites Selected for the America the Beautiful Quarters Program

Submitted by Jim Burnett on September 10, 2009 - 2:13am

The United States Mint has released the list of 56 sites to be featured in the upcoming America the Beautiful Quarters Program. The first five coins in the new series will be released next year. What locations made the list? There are some familiar names and perhaps a surprise or two.

There Won’t be Any “Hot Springs National Park Massage Parlor” on Ken Salazar’s Watch

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on September 4, 2009 - 2:45am

The Park Service insists that Hot Springs, Arkansas is violating the NPS trademark by using “Hot Springs National Park” in the city logo. The city has said that’s baloney. Now Interior Secretary Salazar says that he wants to see the dispute resolved amicably without damaging the National Park brand.

Hot Springs Hoopla Goads Government

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on June 27, 2009 - 2:01am

The National Park Service wants the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, to quit advertising itself in ways that blur the distinction between the city and Hot Springs National Park.

National Park Quiz 47: Spring

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on March 25, 2009 - 1:30am

Spring arrived at 11:44 UT last Friday, March 20, so let’s make spring the key word for this week’s quiz. Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we’ll make you write on the whiteboard 101 times: “The celestial coordinate system that employs the vernal equinox as the origin of the ecliptic longitude is known as the ecliptic coordinate system.”

National Park Designation is an Unholy Mess

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on March 18, 2009 - 1:17am

With national park redesignation back in the news, this seems like a good time to remind Traveler readers just how nonsensical National Park System unit nomenclature has become. Why can’t Congress and the National Park Service put their heads together and come up with a designation system that actually makes sense?

Park History: Hot Springs National Park

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on March 4, 2008 - 5:02pm

If you just focus on its "national park" status, then today is the 87th birthday of Hot Springs National Park.