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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PER_calif-spring_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
Calif Spring was originally called Table Rock Spring, named for the rock formation above the spring area. This area was set aside as a spring reservation in 1886 by City Ordinance. S. L. Calif established a residence and general store next to the …
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This three-story limestone building with metal-clad roof enclosing the top story was constructed in 1889 by Samuel L. Calif. For fifty years it served as a residence, general merchandise store, and boarding house. About 1948 the building was conve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PDH_bank-of-eureka-springs-community-room_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
Ellis Murphy established Murphy's Firestone Tire Service at this site about 1923. Called "Murphy the Tire Man", his services were frequently required to patch inner tubes and repair tires for hundred[s] of automobiles bringing tourists to Eureka S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PCT_85-south-main-street_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PBP_bank-of-eureka-springs_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
Bank of Eureka Springs was established in May, 1912, in the Klock and Clark Building at 75 Spring Street. In 1946 it was relocated to 40 Spring Stree.
In 1966, the bank purchased the McGinnis property at 70 South Main Street. The old livery barn …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IR0_the-town-that-water-built_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
First by horseback, wagons or on foot, invalids from all over this region flocked to Eureka Springs in 1879 to seek cures from the miraculous healing springs. But soon there were easier ways to arrive - stagecoaches, then trains. This laid a bas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IQ0_the-berlin-wall_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
· Between 1945-1961 2.7 million escaped East Germany
· In 1960, 200,000 East Germans escaped to Freedom
· Order given to build Wall - Sunday, Aug. 13, 1961
Construction began Aug. 16, 1961; completed 2 mos. later…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IPZ_steam-locomotive_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
Built in Berlin, Germany 1934, 600 millimeter gauge (24 inch) (same engines are used at Silver Dollar City). Engine was found near Orlando, Fla. in 1989. Was bought by gentleman from Switzerland and hauled to Eureka Springs same year. Plans are …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IPX_the-railroad-depot_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
The Eureka Springs Railroad opened in February, 1883. As the first trains arrived at the original station house, a finely crafted wooden structure, passengers were met by horse[-]drawn carriages and hacks which quickly carried them to the best h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IPO_harding-spring_Eureka-Springs-AR.html
Named for J. Emmett Harding, a photographer who began the tradition of making photographs of people in front of the spring as souvenirs. He built a small dwelling near the spring in the summer of 1879.
In 1879, the spring was accessed by a narr…