This is a hot spring located almost on the border between the United States and Mexico. Imagine there's no countries. Big Bend National Park Of all the national parks in the continental United States, Big Bend is one of the least visited. It is located in a remote area about five hours drive from either El Paso or San Antonio, Texas. Hot Springs Historic Area is one of the park's main attractions. It was easily accessible through a narrow dirt road, as it was one-way. There was one vault toilet in the parking lot. From here to the hot springs, it is a 0.5-mile round-trip hike through an area dotted with remains. This stone building is a former post office. Here was a town centered on a spa resort. J.O. Langford, a Mississippi native, sought a cure for malaria, which he had contracted, and was told that there were medicinal baths in the area that could cure the disease. In 1909, Langford purchased the property and moved his family there. Convinced of its curative effect against malaria, he built a bathhouse, but in 1912, after a series of bandit attacks, he left this area. The family did not return to the area again until 1927, 15 years later. They restored bathhouses, built a post office, operated a motel, and the spa resort flourished in the 1930s and early 1940s. In 1942, Langford deeded the land to the State of Texas when the area was turned into a national park. Passing through the remains, a boardwalk ...
