Though visitors of Hot Springs, Arkansas, today don’t see the gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, and gangsters that were once rampant in the spa city, these operations had a strong foothold for decades, especially in the 1930s. Illegal gambling occurred in the city as early as the mid-1800s and was firmly established following the Civil War. By the late … Continue reading Gangsters, Thugs, and Mafia in Hot Springs, Arkansas