. . . .The Vapors.... I remember that place.... also on the north side of town. What was the story on that place? Just a Night Club? Originally Posted by MrGizWas a nightclub with great entertainment from all over the country. Slot machines and gambling in the back room and always rumors of mafioso types around. During Winthrop Rockefeller's administration in the 60's, the state police ran a raid on the place and shut the gambling operation down.
From my memory of sordid Arkansas History, I don't believe all of the slot machines were accounted for. Take a trip to the top of the mountain and pay the fee to go up in the tower. Been a few years, but there used to be a pretty nice pictorial history of Hot Springs around the tower.