Throughout
its long and colorful
history,
Eureka Springs has been
described as
a
land
of glamour,
health
and scenic
splendor.
What began as an oasis of
healing
nestled
in
a lush Ozark
valley
remains
today
a
place
recalling
the elegance
and
pace
of an
earlier era.
Reports
of
Basin
Spring’s miraculous
healing
properties in the
spring’swaters
brought 10,000 people
to live
here
by the spring
of 1879.
The town's
unusual name
Eureka”,
from
the Greek“I found it”,
pays
tribute
to the
curative nature of the
area’s
abundant spring
waters.
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