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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM170D_the-springs_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
"It is sometimes called The Basin Springs, and is invariably the first resort for visitors. If there is any one in the city you desire to find, if no other way, go to the Basin Springs, seat yourself comfortable, and await his coming."Prof. L.J. K…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM170C_the-stone-walls_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
Eureka Springs claims an estimated fifty-six miles of stone walls. Skilled stonemasons constructed most of the walls between 1885 and 1910. The limestone used was sometimes quarried on site but the majority was transported to the town site by hors…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14QN_spanish-american-and-world-war-veterans-memorial_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
In memory of our deceasedWorld War VeteransWestern Districtof Carroll County
In MemoriamUnited Spanish WarVeterans1898
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14QL_the-basin-park-sycamore_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
I stood here growing so many years,I shared your laughter, I shared your tears.My life was good, beginning to end,and this is a wish I'd like to send.
Be happy and kind to all around,and let not sorrow be ever found.The spirit of me is in this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14QK_the-southern-hotel_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
The Southern was built in the year 1880 adjacent to Basin Spring and some 25 feet above it on the hillside. L.M. Rainey of Missouri, its original owner, sold the hotel to W. E. Beatty in 1886, at which time it was acclaimed to be one of the city's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14QJ_the-basin-bath-house_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
Basin Bath House was established 1879 adjacent to Basin Spring by Dr. Alvah Jackson's son, Thomas. John S. Tibbs succeeded Jackson about 1880, operated bath house and Eureka Water Shipping Company. Building was destroyed by Great Fire of 1888, rep…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14QH_civil-war-healing_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
The Eureka Springs area's reputation as a health resort has its origins in the Civil War. Late 19th-century accounts claim Dr. Alvah Jackson treated sick and wounded soldiers during the war. In early 1865, Maj. J. W. Cooper, who led Confederate tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14QE_the-civic-center_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
These two large limestone public buildings anchor this part of downtown Eureka Springs. They span the deep ravine cut by Leatherwood Creek which flows in a tunnel beneath all the buildings on this entire part of Main Street.
[Photo 1.]This view…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14QC_the-western-district-courthouse_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
Eureka Springs was incorporated on Valentine's Day in 1880. At that time, the only courthouse was in the county seat of Berryville, some 12 miles to the east. This was a great distance at the time, the roads were bad, and the King's River had to b…