Evans Plunge
Try our waterslides or relax in our gigantic pool filled with rejuvenating naturally warm mineral water (87 degrees F). This sparkling spring water flows from an enormous thermal spring at a rate of 5000 gallons a minute. The theraputic "healing" water has soothed visitors for over one hundred years.
Today it's no different, only with more excitement available with three Waterslides, Tarzan Rings, Fun Tubes, Kids Pools and a full service Health Club. Enjoy some quality time with your family at Evans Plunge, it will make everyone feel younger.
For thousands of years, the valley of healing waters (called "Wiwilakahta") by the Lakota Sioux, was prized for the warm spring-fed river.
Both the Sioux and Cheyenne claimed possession of this natural river of warm water springs that flows here. Local legend tells of a fierce battle that raged on the east summit above the springs and river (now called Battle Mountain), with the Sioux emerging victorious.
Years later, in 1876, Colonel W.J. Thornby arrived at the present site of Hot Springs and discovered the source of the warm creek. Near the big spring where the Plunge was later built, he lopped off the top of a cedar sapling, blazed the trunk, and wrote with lead pencil: "This is my spring. W.J. Thornby." In 1881 the spring was held by Joe Brimdschmidt. He traded the spring to Joe Petty for a horse valued at thirty-five dollars! Petty then sold the Plunge Springs to Dr. Stewart who filed on the surrounding land.
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