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Needle Hot Springs

Name: Needle Hot Springs

 

County: Park

 

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Longitude:  1090925W

Latitude: 443040N

 

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Elevation: 5092/1552

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Spring

 

Origin of Name:

This needle bath plunge is a hot and cold spring not only healing and medicinal but in history a neutral territory among the early Indians. Here all the tribes would lay aside their weapons to bathe and drink the healing waters.

Source: WPA

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Shoshone Canyon

 

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