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LIBRARY of CONGRESS 
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 JAN 8 1904 
 
 Copyright Entry , 
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 CONTENTS 
 
 The Summit of the Ozarks, . . . 
 Scenery and Natural Curiosities, . 
 Waters of Eureka Springs, . . 
 
 Climatic and other Advantages, 
 
 Diseases Cured, 
 
 Pleasures and Amusements, 
 Hotels, Conveniences and Expense, 
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THE SUMMIT OF THE OZARKS. 
 
 CLOSE to the Missouri border line, in the north- 
 western corner of the State of Arkansas, where the 
 Ozark Mountain Range reaches its greatest alti- 
 tude, men have caused to be reared a town which 
 has become a health and pleasure resort for people from all 
 parts of the United States. Along the mountain tops, 
 sides, and bases houses have been placed in picturesque 
 irregularity; and on the summit of the highest peak has 
 been constructed a majestic and imposing hotel of stone, 
 in which every modern improvement and convenience is 
 to be found. From the observatory which surmounts the 
 roof, and from the windows and verandas of the house, can 
 be obtained a view to be found at few other places on the 
 continent — an impressive panorama of nature. The hotel 
 stands on the very summit of the Ozark Range. Spread 
 out before the eye for miles in every direction, in huge 
 billows of green, immovable and mute, are the mountains 
 which have made this section of the country famed for its 
 scenic beauty. 
 
 From the Crescent — as the hotel has been named from 
 the mountain on whose peak it stands — the observer looks 
 down on all the mountain tops as far as the eye can range. 
 His view of the surrounding country is unobstructed by 
 
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 anything. The bhie hne of the horizon, where it seems to 
 dip and meet the land, forms the only limit to his vision. 
 
 The Ozarks are too high to be called hills ; yet scarcely 
 lofty enough to be termed mountains, when compared with 
 the stupendous peaks of the Rockies. The top of Crescent 
 Mountain, where the Crescent Hotel stands, the very sum- 
 mit of the Ozark Range, is not quite 2,000 feet above the 
 sea level. There is little of the rugged grandeur of the 
 stony peaks of the Rocky Mountains about the Ozarks ; 
 they rather partake of the more quiet beauty of the ver- 
 dure-covered Alps which have given to Switzerland its 
 reputation as the scenic country of the world. Yet the 
 soft, velvety surface of these eminences of the Ozarks 
 is frequently broken by stern cliffs which rise to the 
 height of several hundred feet and add variety and charm 
 to the imposing landscape, which never fails to enrapture 
 visitors. 
 
 Eureka Springs, as the settlement itself is known, recalls 
 strongly the quaint Alpine villages ot Switzerland, about 
 which so much has been written. It is a town of some 
 6,000 permanent residents. For a large part of the year, 
 however, its population is enhanced by throngs of visitors, 
 it being estimated that 50,000 persons from other parts of 
 the country go there annually in search of health and 
 pleasure. 
 
 Ponce de Leon sought in vain for a fountain of perpetual 
 youth. In this Ozark Range he could have found a 
 country of perpetual fountains. Springs, as incessant as 
 the strides of time, gush forth from the sides of hills at 
 almost every hundred yards and commingle in the gulches 
 to form softly-murmuring brooks, whose clear, crystal-like 
 waters suddenly disappear into the earth, every here and 
 there, only to reappear a few hundred yards farther on, 
 rushing over gravel beds in their eager haste to join some 
 river and make their way with it to the broad bosom of 
 the restless ocean. 
 
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 NEAR THE NAKKOWS. 
 
 And it is these springs which have given to the town 
 its name, and have caused it to be known throughout the 
 breadth of the land as a health resort. Its splendid climate 
 and the beauty of its scenery have made it a Mecca for 
 pleasure seekers. 
 
 It is also its springs which have caused this thriving set- 
 tlement to be placed on what looks like a most unnatural 
 site for a town. Nowhere is there a flat surface on which 
 to build. Houses are everywhere perched on the sides of 
 mountains, where it would seem impossible to keep a mad 
 torrent of water, caused by the fury of a mountain storm, 
 from washing them away. Yet the structures stand, 
 staunch and true. A building which is one story in height 
 on one side may be three or four stories high on the 
 opposite. All the streets and footpaths are steep and cir- 
 cuitous. To reach a house 200 yards away, one is 
 frequently compelled to walk or drive over a mile, so round- 
 about has it been found necessary to lay out the byways of 
 travel. 
 
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 The city has a splendid electric street car system, which 
 traverses a route replete with beautiful sights ; but which, 
 at places, travels miles to carry you from one given point 
 to another only a block or two distant, the course it is 
 forced to take being that circuitous. Eureka Springs also 
 has an electric-light plant, water works, a sewer system, 
 and all the salient features of a modern city. 
 
 Beside the Crescent, which would be a credit to any 
 city, it has numerous other hotels, many of them high- 
 class ; has handsome churches, good school houses, attract- 
 ive stores and shops, numerous pretty cottages and many 
 pretentious homes. It is a place of culture and refine- 
 ment. Many of the residents are people of superior edu- 
 cation, who went there in search of lost health. They 
 found it, and remained. 
 
 Innumerable cases of remarkable cures by the waters of 
 the place are related to visitors, and proof to sustain the 
 statements offered. Basin springs abound in the town. 
 Permanent residents and visitors alike drink the water. 
 Everybody carries a cup or a large water bottle. No one 
 passes a spring without stopping to drink. 
 
 And it is its waters which brought to Eureka Springs 
 every resident it contains ; every improvement it possesses. 
 They also brought it a railroad. The excitement caused 
 by the numerous remarkable cures reported from the place 
 made people flock there when there were neither railroads 
 to carry them nor hotels to house them. 
 
 This led moneyed men to construct a railroad from 
 Seligman, Missouri, on the Frisco System, through nine- 
 teen miles of mountain fastnesses, to the new-found haven 
 of health. It also led capitalists to build the handsome 
 Crescent Hotel, which, from its lofty position on the sum- 
 mit of Crescent Mountain, stands like a huge sentinel 
 guarding the town. 
 
 The St. Louis & North Arkansas Railroad, as the line 
 constructed from Seligman was called, was afterward ex- 
 
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 tended to Harrison, Arkansas. It is over the Frisco System 
 that all travelers to Eureka Springs must ride, and a beauti- 
 ful ride it is, too. Almost the entire tri]) from St. Louis, 
 by which route people from the North and East travel, is 
 made through the charming Ozark Mountains. The trips 
 from the South and West over the line are scarcely less 
 enjoyable and beautiful. 
 
 No one who visits Eureka Springs for the first time will 
 fail to experience a thrill when, after a run of nineteen 
 miles through a gulch lined on both sides with mountains, 
 this quaint city, built on the sides of those vast hills, sud- 
 denly bursts upon his view. But it is when approaching the 
 place over one of the high mountain drives in the early hours 
 of nightfall, before the town has gone to sleep, that it pre- 
 sents its most enchanting scene. The lights gushing forth 
 from the windows of the homes, stores, and hotels perched 
 on the mountain tops, and sides, and down below in the 
 ravines, seem like a myriad of stars ; and, as your vehicle 
 trundles over the rough, dark, and lonesome road, each star 
 appears to be twinkling you a welcome and luring you on 
 to it. 
 
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 SCENERY AND NATURAL 
 CURIOSITIES, 
 
 THE whole country about Eureka Springs abounds 
 in the beauties of nature. Towering mountains of 
 green ; huge, rugged chffs ; gushing springs ; mur- 
 muring brooks ; rocks of all sorts of strange and 
 curious construction ; caves of most singular and interest- 
 ing formations; gulches and vales, filled with almost every 
 conceivable variety of scenery, charm and inspire the 
 traveler who takes a ride or drive in any direction. A 
 different trip may be taken every day in the month without 
 exhausting this wonderfield of nature. And there will be 
 new treasures to be found, new joys to be discovered, 
 every moment of each day, from the time the blithesome 
 daisy begins to dance in the early morning breeze until the 
 modest violet covers up her drowsy head at night, and, 
 drooping on her tired stem, falls off into silent, peaceful 
 slumber. 
 
 Scores of natural curiosities are within a short distance 
 of Eureka Springs. All of them can be reached on horse- 
 back and most of them with vehicles. 
 
 TWO ENORMOUS SPRINGS. 
 
 The largest spring in the surrounding country is what 
 is known as Roaring River Spring, which is in Missouri, 
 just over the State line. It flows forth from a cave at the 
 base of a lofty cliff, and is the fountain head of Roaring 
 River, which empties into White River. The spring is a 
 drive of twenty-three miles from Eureka Springs, and of 
 about ten miles from Seligman, Mo., on the Frisco 
 
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 System. By means of a rowboat, it has been explored 
 for several hundred feet back into the mountain. The 
 outflow of water from it is enormous. A dam has been 
 constructed, forming a lake at the spot where the water 
 issues forth from its cavern home. Strangely enough, 
 there is no roar to the spring. The flow of its waters is as 
 silent and noiseless as night in Death Valley. 
 
 But a legend explains the inappropriate name of this 
 awe-inspiring work of nature. Here is the tale : At the 
 time the name was given the spring an incessant roaring, 
 echoing sound came forth from the cavern from which the 
 water emerges. The land on which the lake is now located 
 was then much higher. A mill stood beside it and 
 utilized the water power. After a time, the roaring noises 
 from the cavern began to increase daily in volume. They 
 became like the din of a mighty battle. Suddenly there 
 was a violent shaking of the earth; the ground sank, 
 carrying the mill with it. For days the water gushed 
 forth from the cavern in awful volume and fury. Then it 
 subsided to its normal size. A large wheel, visible at the 
 bottom of the clear, crystal-like water, was all that 
 remained of the mill. The spring flowed forth from its 
 mountain cavern in silence. Its roar had been hushed 
 forever. 
 
 Next to Roaring River Spring in magnitude, and fully 
 as interesting, is Blue Spring. It is a ride of nine miles 
 from Eureka Springs, over a wildly fascinating mountain 
 road. The waters of Blue Spring issue straight up out of 
 the earth, forming a circle fully seventy feet in diameter. 
 Where the water flows off in a little creek to join White 
 River, but a few hundred yards away, it is as clear white 
 and transparent as plate glass. But the water in the spring 
 itself is deep blue in appearance. Sometimes it has an 
 absolute indigo hue, at others it is much lighter in shade. 
 But when taken out of the spring the water at all times is 
 white, clear, and transparent. What gives the spring its 
 
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 peculiar coloring, and why it appears so much darker some 
 days than others, are problems yet to be solved. Its hue 
 may be due to some coloring of the earth or vegetation 
 on the sides or bottom of the spring's basin which is 
 reflected through the transparent waters. 
 
 The force with which the waters of Blue Spring come up 
 from the earth is terrific. The crystal liquid comes forth 
 cold as ice, but there is evidently some awful power beneath 
 driving it. It is known that the spring is over 200 feet 
 deep, yet the water reaches the surface seething and bub- 
 bling. All attempts to get at the exact depth of the spring 
 have proved futile. On clear days, from a certain point 
 on a ledge above it, one can look down into it a distance 
 which measurements have shown to be sixty-five feet. A 
 rope with a ninety-pound anvil attached has been lowered 
 into the water to a depth of 200 feet. At that distance 
 the terrible force of the water stopped the anvil. 
 
 A curious curve made by White River around Blue 
 Spring makes almost a complete island of some 400 acres 
 of land. Only a thin neck of ground saves the spring from 
 being entirely cut off from the mainland. This river pen- 
 insula was once an Indian camp ground. Arrow and spear 
 heads and various other relics of the red man are still found 
 there. The waters of the spring and a huge overhanging 
 rock, on the side of a high bluff just above, capable of 
 sheltering hundreds, made it an ideal spot for a home for 
 the savage. This overhanging rock forms a most perfect 
 canopy^ or roof. It extends out an enormous distance, 
 completely protecting ,the .floor beneath, which is a level 
 ledge. Evidences are to be found where the Indians 
 hewed away the stone in places to make the spot more 
 thoroughly adaptable and perfect for the purposes of a 
 camp. 
 
 There is talk of building a club house on the peninsula 
 and utilizing the spring and 400 acres of ground as a sort 
 of country club and general amusement resort. 
 
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 THE NARROWS. 
 
 Another spot shown to visitors is Moss Spring, but three 
 miles from the city. Unlike Roaring River and Blue 
 Springs, it gives forth no great volume of water. It is 
 merely a dainty bit of nature's bric-a-brac. Out of a rocky 
 ledge on the mountain side, over the entire surface of 
 which moss has fastened its tender embrace, water oozes, 
 slowly and silently. Down the straight smooth stone it 
 runs, keeping constantly soaked the green covering of 
 clinging moss. There is nothing of grandeur in the picture, 
 but there is a quiet, delicate beauty which appeals strange- 
 ly to the more tender phases of one's nature. 
 
 POINTS OF OBSERVATION. 
 
 Across the bridge from the little settlement of Beaver, 
 on White River, is what is known as "The Narrows." 
 A mountain range walls in the valley in which the river 
 flows, and in which the village is situated. At "The 
 Narrows ' ' the mountains dwindle down to a thin ridge of 
 
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 rocky cliffs, not more than 100 feet thick at the base, and 
 less than ten feet wide at the summit. Over the river, at 
 this spot, the St. Louis & North Arkansas Railroad built a 
 bridge, and through these rocky cliffs, at their narrowest 
 point, blasted a way for its tracks. By climbing to the top 
 of this cliff, known as ''The Narrows," one can enjoy 
 an exceptionally fine view of the surrounding country. 
 Straight down, over 200 feet below, its waters washing 
 the sides of the cliff on which you stand, flows the 
 White River. On the opposite bank of the stream is 
 Beaver. Still farther over is the White River, again 
 walled in by the mountains. The range here takes a 
 bend like a horse shoe, and hems in the river, forcing 
 it to make a similar curve, and to turn back and double 
 on its course. From the cliffs long stretches of valley 
 land, with mountain peaks in the distance, are to be seen. 
 in almost every direction. 
 
 A bathing beach is located at Beaver, and it is also quite 
 a point for fishing and boating. 
 
 Another point, where on a clear day one can view the 
 country for miles about, is the top of Pond Mountain. A 
 strange bit of nature's work has given to this peak its 
 name. On the very summit of this tall mound of earth is 
 a pond of water which in the memory of the oldest inhab- 
 itant has never been dry. The mountain is the highest 
 peak for miles about. The pond is on the very highest 
 point on it, so that no springs can feed it. Where the 
 water comes from is a mystery which has for years per- 
 plexed the good people of the surrounding country. 
 
 Some three and a half miles south of the city, on a road 
 much traversed, there is a point where guides stop with their 
 charges to enable the visitors to gaze upon the vast expanse 
 of landscape spread out before the eye. Pleasant View, the 
 spot has been named. There is nothing special to mark 
 the place, except that from that particular point such an 
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 vision and impresses upon one the magnificence of the 
 scenery about him. 
 
 On the road to Berryville, after a deal of mountain 
 climbing, you reach a point from which, on every side of 
 you, the land slopes downward. It is four miles east of 
 Eureka Springs. In the days before railroads traversed 
 that section an inn was located there ; and the stages stopped 
 for meals and, at times, for lodging for their passengers. 
 With the passing of the stage coaches came the closing of 
 the inn, which stood in a wilderness, solitary and alone. 
 One day it burned, and now there is not so much as a 
 piece of timber to mark where it stood. 
 
 Standing on the site of that old inn — Grand View is 
 the name aptly given the spot — there is laid out before 
 your enraptured eye such a sight as can be had at few 
 points in the entire world. You gaze down upon miles of 
 mountains and great expanses of valleys nestling between 
 them. You see King's River, with its curves and bridges, 
 and miles away, along a lane, the road to Berryville, a 
 thin ribbon of yellow in the mighty field of green. In the 
 far distance it seems to be only a narrow footpath. Farther 
 on can be observed the smoke from Berryville, and, beyond 
 all. Lone Tree Mountain, where the Government has a 
 scientific station, the huge, solitary tree on the peak of the 
 mountain looking like a tiny black speck against the clear, 
 blue sky. 
 
 LARCiE CAVES. 
 
 The Ozark region about Eureka Springs is a land of 
 natural caves. They are to be found everywhere. Many 
 of these subterranean caverns are enormous in size, and 
 most of them possess innumerable queer and beautiful for- 
 mations. The two most generally visited are Bennet's 
 and Robbin's. 
 
 The former is four miles out. Its opening has been 
 blasted to make it roomy and easy of access. A deserted 
 
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 house Stands over the entrance. Back under the moun- 
 tains for nearly half a mile the cave runs. Most of the 
 way it is at least thirty or forty feet wide, and at some 
 points much wider. The ceiling is from fifteen to thirty 
 feet high at almost every part. At one time there was 
 much valuable onyx and some rare stalactitic and stalag- 
 mitic formations in the place, but most of them have been 
 destroyed and carried away by visitors. 
 
 Robbin's Cave is nine miles from Eureka Springs. The 
 entrance is down in a ravine at the base of a tall mountain. 
 A very narrow opening affords awkward ingress and egress. 
 The place has not the width or height, as a rule, of Ben- 
 net's Cave ; but it is far more attractive. It is also much 
 longer, extending back, it is claimed, three miles. Van- 
 dals have not as yet damaged it much, and it abounds in 
 onyx and the most strange and interesting stalactitic and 
 stalagmitic formations. At places perfect showers of water 
 fall from the ceiling, and there are points where you can 
 hear beneath you the murmur and flow of some lost sub- 
 terranean river. 
 
 SEISMIC EVIDENCES. 
 
 A favorite horseback ride and drive is to Pivot Rock 
 and Natural Bridge. It is a trip of only three miles, but 
 the scenery is captivating every foot of the way. Grouped 
 within a few hundred feet of each other are some curious 
 works of Dame Nature. 
 
 Pivot Rock stands on the edge of a terrace high up on 
 the side of a mountain. It resembles a huge vase. There 
 are three sections — the great bowl, the narrow stem, and 
 the base. The bowl is largest at the top, tapering in like 
 an urn as it approaches the stem. This bowl rock, which 
 is fully ten feet high, or thick, is over twenty feet long and 
 twelve feet wide at its top. It rests on a narrow stem of 
 stone not over two and a half feet w^ide and less than six 
 feet long. The stem stone is a little over two feet high, 
 
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 PIVOT ROCK. 
 
 or thick. A stone of somewhat larger dimensions which 
 sticks up out of the ground nearly two feet forms the 
 base beneath the stem and completes the vase effect. The 
 stone of the three separate sections of the rock is of dif- 
 ferent formations, the narrow stem being more yellow in 
 color and of softer quality than either of the other parts. 
 It seems impossible for it to support the huge top rock. 
 One is constantly on the lookout to see the latter topple 
 over and roll down the mountain side into the ravine, 
 hundreds of feet below. A gush of wind or a slight shove 
 would be sure to send it over, you imagine ; but it has 
 withstood thousands of both. 
 
 Perhaps a more interesting curiosity than Pivot Rock is 
 the Natural Bridge, which sets a little lower down on the 
 side of a mountain scarcely more than 100 yards away. 
 It is another rock. Its ends form the piers, or supports, 
 for the bridge, and are connected by a narrower strip of 
 
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 Stone which has a natural arch. This arch stands sev- 
 eral feet up in the air. One can either walk under it 
 between the base, or pier stones, or cross over the 
 top of the bridge. While the whole curiosity is one 
 solid rock, it has the appearance of being composed 
 of a series of stones of different formations which, in 
 some way, were thrown into their present position and 
 grew together. 
 
 On the same mountain with Pivot Rock, around on an 
 adjoining side, is Sliding Rock. It is just over the edge 
 of the terrace on w^hich its sister curiosity stands. It is an 
 immense stone which appears to have been sliding down 
 the side of the mountain when, in some unaccountable 
 manner, it was stopped. Gazing at it from beneath, it 
 seems to be coming dow^n upon you. Involuntarily you 
 draw away to avoid being crushed. 
 
 These three curious freaks of nature so close together 
 and various other enormous rocks near by, scattered in all 
 sorts of positions over the sides and bases of the mountains, 
 give unmistakable evidence that, at some period, an awful 
 disturbance took place in that section. 
 
 Pivot Rock and Natural Bridge Rock are made up of 
 various smaller stones of different formations which have 
 grown together. A violent earthquake, or some sort of 
 seismic disturbance of terrific force, must have thrown 
 different stones in the position in which they are now found 
 in these strange freaks of nature. Time grew them 
 together. 
 
 Undoubtedly Sliding Rock was hurled from higher up 
 on the mountain, but was probably stopped by catch- 
 ing in the earth while on its downw^ard journey. Other 
 huge stones on the terraces and sides of the mountains, 
 and in the deep ravines below, bear every appearance 
 of having been thrown into their present places by 
 some mighty force and not to have grown where they 
 now stand. 
 
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 ON THE KOAD TU SANITARIUM LAKE. 
 
 OTHER INTERESTING SPOTS. 
 
 Sanitarium Lake, three miles south of the city, is an 
 artificial basin of water constructed on the site of what was 
 once a natural lake. It is a natural receptacle for the 
 rainfall of the mountains, which wall it in on all sides. A 
 ledge of sandrock, nature's own work, once formed a dam 
 for the waters. But Time's ravages wore on it. The 
 imprisoned waters cut their way through the stone, and, 
 dropping to a narrow ravine pass below, escaped out of the 
 mountains. They fled to a river, leaving the peaceful lake 
 high and dry. 
 
 Thirty-two springs give up their waters to supply Sani- 
 tarium Lake, in addition to the rainfall it receives. Its 
 depth, in places, is over thirty feet. The spot is delight- 
 ful. On the south side of the lake rise huge perpendicular 
 bluffs of red marble or granite, 200 and 300 feet high, 
 v/hile the grassy sides of the mountains form a beautiful 
 
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 frame of green for the whole valley in which the lake 
 reposes. 
 
 One of the attractive spots about Eureka Springs is the 
 waterworks on the western outskirts of the city. Here 
 has been constructed a large dam, holding a vast reservoir 
 of water, and a pumping station of considerable capacity. 
 Arsenic, Sycamore, Chicago and other springs supply the 
 water, which is sent through mains to all parts of the city. 
 The reservoir is in a gulch at the head of the ravine 
 through which flows Leatherwood Creek. On a mountain 
 side, standing out almost over the reservoir, like some 
 mighty guardian, is what is known as Sentinel Rock. 
 
 An odd curiosity is Miner's Rock, four miles from town. 
 On a terrace on a mountain side juts out boldly an over- 
 hanging rock, forming an arched, or sort of shell-shaped, 
 roof, like those frequently seen over band stands. The 
 curiosity derives its name from the fact that miners who 
 once prospected for gold in the neighborhood availed 
 themselves of the shelter the natural roof formed by the 
 rock affords and made their camp beneath it. 
 
 The ''Maine" is a curious-looking rock, which received 
 its name from the fact that people thought it looked like a 
 wrecked ship. The Sphinx is another rock. It is not 
 unUke the Sphinx of Egypt, hence the title. Because of 
 its resemblance to the bird which is the emblem of our 
 country, another odd stone is known as Eagle Rock. 
 
 Dozens of other curiosities of nature are to be found 
 within a short distance of Eureka Springs. 
 
 BEWITCHING LEATHERWOOD VALE. 
 
 Few drives in the world rival in variety and beauty a 
 trip through Leatherwood Vale. A steep road down Oil 
 Spring Gulch, a charming bit of scenery itself, leads 
 to the vale. On both sides of the gulch are huge 
 ledges and cliffs ruggedly grand. Wild violets and 
 
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 SANITARIUM LAKE. 
 
 Other flowers are everywhere about, adding color and 
 fascination to the view. 
 
 The valley through which the crystal waters of Leather- 
 wood Creek wend their peaceful course teems with 
 delightful touches of scenery of every imaginable character. 
 At one time you behold great ledges and bluffs of the most 
 impressive grandeur, with now and then cedar trees in 
 profusion appearently growing out of the very stone itself. 
 At another moment mighty hills of the softest green, 
 towering above you hundreds of feet, greet the eye. 
 
 Nature must have been in a strange mood when she con- 
 structed this bit of land. One curiosity after another is 
 constantly arising as you wander through the romantic spot. 
 Perched on the top of one of the loftiest peaks is Castle 
 Rock. From the deep ravine along which you pass in the 
 drive this stone looks strangely like a castle of one of the 
 knights of old, when every feudal chieftain had to fortify 
 his home against attack. There is an opening in the rock 
 like a door. As you pass you almost expect to see an 
 armed sentinel, clad in armor, appear through it and 
 demand to know your mission. 
 
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 WHITE KIVEK BLUFFS. 
 
 At another place in the drive you pass under the 
 branches of the " Swing Tree. ' ' Two trees have so grown 
 into each other that the large lower limb of one connects 
 both, it drooping in a graceful curve between the two 
 trunks like the rope of a swing. 
 
 At almost every turn new curiosities and charms greet 
 you. 
 
 And while passing through this bewitching vale you are 
 constantly crossing and recrossing the shallow and quaint 
 little Leatherwood Creek. Every now and then the clear, 
 transparent waters of this tiny stream suddenly dart beneath 
 the surface of the earth and disappear, as though seeking to 
 elude some pursuer. But a little farther on you find them 
 again playfully wending their way down the canyon. 
 
 All over the grass-covered mountains, the rugged cliffs, 
 and the valley beneath wild violets and other flowers, 
 growing in untrammeled profusion, add the gorgeousness 
 of their color to the exquisite picture. At certain seasons 
 bushes and trees are covered with bright blossoms which 
 laden the air with their fragrance. The sweet song of the 
 southern mocking bird is answered by the soft notes of the 
 
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 thrush ; and one gazes intently upward, expecting every 
 minute to see some timid fawn or majestic stag appear on 
 top of one of those lofty green peaks, or peer over a pro- 
 truding crag, sniff the air, and, becoming aware of your 
 presence, be off like the wind. 
 
 It is a scene which thrills and enraptures. It takes you 
 back to childhood days and your long-forgotten dreams of 
 fairyland. 
 
 And when night falls over that vale there is not a sound 
 to break the silence. There are no coyotes to disturb the 
 quiet with their annoying yelps, no frogs to add to the 
 loneliness by their dismal croaking. A spirit of peace and 
 rest pervades everywhere. All nature sleeps. 
 
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 WATERS OF EUREKA SPRINGS. 
 
 THE history of the waters of Eureka Springs is 
 interwoven with legendary tales. Of course, it is 
 taken for granted that these springs have existed 
 and flowed since before man came on earth ; but 
 stories, strange and interesting, are told without number 
 of how they came to be discovered and their curative 
 properties first became known. Pretty as are the legends 
 woven about these quiet little waters, few have aught but 
 tradition to sustain them. One of the most generally 
 accepted stories tells of the Osage Indians making pilgrim- 
 ages to the place, and availing themselves of the medicinal 
 virtues of the springs before the foot of the white man had 
 ever pressed the virgin soil. Others relate how the 
 Spaniards, the first white men to visit the country, had 
 cured their ills there when the place was still a part 
 of the territory of Louisiana and a possession of the Spanish 
 crown. 
 
 But the first authentic discovery of the curative powers 
 of the waters was made by Dr. Alvah Jackson, a pioneer 
 physician of Carroll County, in which they are located. 
 He was on a hunting trip with his son. At that time the 
 mountains abounded in deer and all sorts of game. The 
 son had suffered for years from running sore eyes. 
 They remained fastened in the morning. It had been his 
 custom to open them by bathing them in cold water. 
 While camping with his father on the hunting trip, the lad 
 went to a near-by spring every morning and bathed his 
 eyes in its cold, crystal waters. His father noticed an im- 
 provement in the eyes. The bathing was continued. 
 The lad was cured. 
 
 But Dr. Jackson kept his discovery a secret. He sold 
 
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 an eye water which is now generally believed to have been 
 merely the pure product of the spring. 
 
 Some years latter, Judge Saunders, a friend of Dr. 
 Jackson, found himself broken in health. Physicians had 
 availed nothing. Dr. Jackson advised him to visit the 
 spring which had cured young Jackson. Judge Saunders 
 went and was restored to health. His gratitude was un- 
 bounded. Returning to his home, he heralded the re- 
 markable fact to the world. 
 
 This was in the spring of 1879, On the Fourth of July 
 of that year a large camp of people gathered about what is 
 now known as Basin Spring. They named the spot Eureka, 
 from the Greek word meaning '' I have found it. " And 
 from that day to this the town which sprung up has been 
 known as Eureka Springs. 
 
 And the place arose as if by magic. Its wonderful cures 
 were proclaimed; excitement spread. The camp grew with 
 bounds. A city sprang into existence. By October, 1880, 
 the place had a population of several thousand. And the 
 nearest railroad station was Seligman, nineteen miles away. 
 
 Within the corporate limits of the city are over forty 
 springs. Of these the Basin, Crescent, Harding, Dairy, 
 Grotto, and Sweet have been handsomely improved, and 
 add greatly to the attractive appearance of the place. The 
 Magnetic, McKinley, Bryan, Little Eureka, and Laundry 
 springs are among the best known of the others. All of 
 the forty odd springs within the limits of Eureka Springs 
 are held in trust by the city, and their waters are free to 
 the public for all time to come. The waters are clear, 
 cool, soft, pleasant, and palatable. Analysis shows them all 
 to be substantially the same. Purity is their great quality. 
 There is not the slightest taint of mineral or other foreign 
 substance in their taste. 
 
 And that is the remarkable feature of the place. These 
 wonderful cures, of which they offer you indisputable proofs, 
 are produced by waters for which no medicinal claims are 
 
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 HARDING SPRING. 
 
 made except that they are pure. Pure water, however, is 
 the greatest solvent in nature. It is the principal factor 
 in healthy digestion, assimilation, and excretion. Pure, 
 cold water, unadulterated with minerals or drugs of any 
 sort, is the greatest tonic of all waters. Pure, natural 
 spring water will kill germs which will live in distilled 
 water. Except for a very few special uses, mineral water 
 is spoiled. 
 
 Analysis, by the best chemists in the country, of Eureka 
 Springs water shows that in each gallon of 231 cubic 
 inches there are less than six grains of chemical ingredients. 
 This is an almost incredibly small amount. Here is what 
 the analysis shows each gallon of 231 cubic inches to 
 contain : 
 
 Chloride sodium, . . , „ . 0.19 grs. 
 
 Sulphate soda, 0.09 " 
 
 Bicarbonate soda, 0.15 " 
 
 Sulphate potash, 0.13 '* 
 
 Bicarbonate lime, 4.43 " 
 
 Bicarbonate magnesia, 0.47 " 
 
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 Iron and alumina, 
 Silica, . . . . 
 
 0.08 grs. 
 0.31 *' 
 
 Total, 5.85 grs. 
 
 Free ammonia, 0.14 r 
 
 .,,.., A AT^ parts in millions. 
 
 Albummoid ammonia, . . . . 0.07 (^ 
 
 It has been ascertained that there is in each gallon of 
 Eureka Springs water 28.52 cubic inches of gaseous con- 
 tents. The fact that there is a large proportion of 
 nitrogen in the water makes the gaseous contents remark- 
 able. A large proportion of nitrogen means a proportion- 
 ately large amount of oxygen. 
 
 The following table will show how the waters of Eureka 
 Springs compare with those of other popular springs in 
 the matter of solids and gaseous elements : 
 
 Eureka Springs, Ark., 
 Orkney Springs, Va. , 
 Berkley Springs, W. Va. , 
 Birchdale Springs, N. H., 
 Clarendon Springs, Vt. , 
 Jordan Alum Springs, Va. , 
 Hot Springs, Ark. , . 
 
 It is hard to realize that water which possesses merely 
 the attribute of being pure can perform all the remarkable 
 cures attributed to these springs at Eureka. Yet, when 
 you doubt it, they confront you with proofs. Of course, 
 the waters are aided by pure, pine-ladened mountain air, 
 a clear, dry atmosphere, and a delightfully temperate 
 climate, with absolute freedom from stagnant waters and 
 malaria. But it is the waters to which the cures are 
 attributed, the other advantages of the place being 
 generally regarded as very minor and incidental. It is 
 claimed by some who seek to explain the cures that as 
 the human system contains miles upon miles of lymph 
 channels, countless numbers of lymphatic glands, besides the 
 
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 SOLIDS. 
 
 GASES. 
 
 . 5.85 grs. 
 
 28.62 cubic ins 
 
 . 10.128 " 
 
 
 . 10.888 " 
 
 
 . 4.79 «' 
 
 
 . 5.76 " 
 
 6.97 cubic ins. 
 
 . 6.196 " 
 
 1.97 cubic ins. 
 
 . 8.552 '' 
 
 
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 perspiratory glands and canals and that, as all are absolute- 
 ly essential in carrying the materials for the renewal of 
 life, besides passing away the product of decomposition, 
 many diseases are due to these human canals becoming 
 over-loaded and clogged. Pure water is the most nearly 
 universal solvent in nature, and the theory is that the 
 Eureka Springs water, being so pure, cures by filtering 
 through the tissues of the body and washing out im- 
 purities which clog the canals. 
 
 In conjunction with drinking the water, most invalids 
 who visit Eureka Springs take a course of baths, which are 
 considered of great assistance in the treatment of many 
 ailments. There are finely-equipped bath houses in the 
 town, where almost any known kind of bath can be had. 
 
 Every resident of Eureka Springs, be it man, woman, or 
 child, is a believer in the waters. And all prove their 
 faith. Sick or well, they never miss an opportunity to 
 drink from a spring. None claim any special virtue for 
 the waters except their purity. Yet doctors of the highest 
 standing and laymen of unquestioned integrity relate case 
 after case of most remarkable cures made at the place. 
 Their- statements carry conviction. Skeptics are con- 
 vinced. They become imbued with supreme confidence 
 in the waters. The feeling seems to be a part of the very 
 atmosphere of the place. 
 
VIA THE FRISCO SYSTEM. 
 
 CLIMATIC AND OTHER ADVAN- 
 TAGES. 
 
 NATURE has been wondrous kind to Eureka 
 Springs. She has treated her hke a favorite 
 child. In addition to giving her springs whose 
 waters, while healing nearly every known ill to 
 which flesh is heir, are clear, cool, palatable, and refresh- 
 ing, she has lavished almost every other imaginable advan- 
 tage upon her. She has placed her pet in the midst of 
 scenery, beautiful, diversified, inspiring, such as is to be 
 found at few other spots on the continent. Then Dame 
 Nature has located her at an ideal altitude, and has pro- 
 vided her with a climate and temperature of the most en- 
 joyable character; pure, bracing air; pine forests to add to 
 her general health ; and a soil of rock and gravel formation 
 which rapidly carries off all rainfall, leaving everything dry 
 and clean and keeping the place free from stagnant ^^'ater 
 and its concomitant pests of malaria and mosquitoes. What 
 more could any town ask ? 
 
 Eureka Springs is almost 2,000 feet above sea level. 
 This is the most desirable altitude from the standpoint of 
 health — it is high enough and yet not too high. Its alti- 
 tude also gives it a charming climate and temperature, 
 which make it a summer resort for Southern people and 
 a winter resort for those of the North. In other words, 
 people from Texas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Arkansas, 
 Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, and other Southern States 
 visit Eureka Springs in large numbers in the summer time ; 
 while those from Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the 
 Northwest go there in winter. Residents of Chicago, St. 
 Louis, and Kansas City like to go in the spring, when the 
 hills and dales are donning their bright garments of green, 
 
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THE SUMMIT OF THE OZARKS 
 
 SWEET SPRING. 
 
 after having appeared for months in the sombre mourning 
 of winter ; or they like to go in the fall, when the foliage on 
 the trees assumes that brilliant, gorgeous red which is the 
 sad forerunner of its approaching end, and the ground is 
 covered with fallen leaves, dry and dead. At these periods 
 the temperature is delightful, the scenery enrapturing. 
 
 In round numbers, the mean annual temperature of 
 Eureka Springs is 58 degrees. The average for the spring 
 months of March, April, and May is 61 degrees. A record 
 of 74 degrees is the average for the summer months of 
 June, July, and August. During September, October, and 
 November, the fall term, the average is 58 degrees. The 
 winter months of December, January, and February average 
 43 degrees. Its high altitude makes the evenings most 
 cool and pleasant during the summer months, and no mat- 
 
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VIA THE FRISCO SYSTEM. 
 
 ter how warm the day a blanket will be found decidedly 
 comfortable at night. There is never a night when sweet, 
 refreshing sleep, that great restorer of health, cannot be 
 enjoyed. There are no extremes to the temperature of 
 Eureka, and no sudden changes. 
 
 Hot Springs, further south in the same State and located 
 in the same mountain range, but at a much lower altitude, 
 has a mean annual temperature three degrees higher 
 than Eureka Springs, and an average summer temperature 
 sev^en degrees higher. 
 
 Eureka Springs has all the advantages of the somewhat 
 famed Asheville, N. C, and several others that the latter 
 does not possess. There is not much difference in their 
 altitudes, and the same pine-ladened air is found at the 
 Arkansas resort. With a much heavier rainfall, Eureka 
 Springs has less humidity in its atmosphere. This is due 
 to the peculiar character of the soil, which carries off the 
 water rapidly and leaves the air dry and clear. 
 
 The average rainfall at Eureka Springs would be termed 
 medium. It is a little less than thirty-three inches. Yet 
 the water is carried off so quickly that the air is seldom 
 damp. It is the exception that the atmosphere is not dry 
 and clear. The place averages 209 clear days a year, 
 while Los Angeles, Cal., with the abnormally small mean 
 annual rainfall of less than eighteen inches, can boast of an 
 average of only 171 clear days, thirty-eight less. Hot 
 Springs averages 162 clear days, St. Louis 119, Chicago 
 108, and New York only 100. 
 
 Where is there another health resort which has so mucii 
 to offer the invalid as Eureka Springs ? Besides its cura- 
 tive and palatable waters, it gives him altitude and pure, 
 dry, mountain, pine-ladened air, clear, bright weather, a 
 delightful temperature and most charming and enjoyable 
 scenery. 
 
 May it not be that the inhabitants of Eureka Springs 
 underestimate the value of the other natural advantages of 
 
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 the place as an aid to the waters in effecting cures? 
 There is a charm about the clear, blue skies ; the bright, 
 sunshiny mornings and afternoons ; the pleasant tempera- 
 ture of the days; the coolness of the nights, and the 
 beauty and variety of the scenery which brings about 
 peace and contentment. And peace and contentment are 
 great helps in restoring impaired health. From the 
 veranda of the Crescent Hotel an invalid may gaze for 
 hours on the inspiring spread of land stretched out before 
 him for miles in every direction. To his careful eye each 
 moment discloses some new beauty, each glance a fresh 
 charm. And as he admires the silent, but majestic, ex- 
 panse of mountain country, he feels that he is at peace 
 with all the world and that all the world is at peace with 
 him. Back to his childhood days his thoughts un- 
 consciously wander. Again he rambles in boyish ecstasy 
 through tangled woodlands and shady dells. Perhaps the 
 tiny sweetheart of his youth is beside him. And while his 
 thoughts are back so many years, the gathering shades of 
 night silently close in on him. The mountains with all 
 nature's loveliness begin to fade from his view. He awakes 
 from his reverie, and, with a sigh, retires within the 
 cheery shelter of the big hotel. Fain would he return to 
 that veranda and again take up the thread of his thoughts 
 where it was dropped. On that porch he would be con- 
 tent to sit and dream away his remaining years. 
 
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 DISEASES CURED. 
 
 TROUBLES of the stomach, liver, kidneys, and 
 bladder — and nearly all diseases arise from these 
 organs — seem to be almost invariably benefited, 
 if not entirely cured, by the waters of Eureka 
 Springs. It is a famous place for the treatment of Bright's 
 disease, and it is positively asserted that even this dread 
 malady has been permanently cured there. Diseases of 
 the eye and skin, and, in fact, almost every imaginable ail- 
 ment yield readily to the waters. After a serious illness it 
 is an ideal place to convalesce. Its altitude, its bright 
 pleasing scenery, its clear dry weather, agreeable tempera- 
 ture, pure air and pure water appeal strongly to the man 
 who has just gone through a serious siege of illness, and it 
 is wonderful how rapidly one builds up at the place. 
 
 Here are some of the diseases which the waters are 
 known to have cured : 
 
 Kidney Troubles. — In no cases have these waters 
 proven more effective than in the treatment of diseases of 
 the kidneys. The most obstinate and chronic cases have 
 yielded to them. Even the supposedly incurable Bright's 
 disease has been permanently conquered by these waters, 
 according to the claims of doctors of unquestioned rep- 
 utation and standing. These physicians assert that there 
 could have been no mistake in the diagnosis of the cases 
 where cures were effected. 
 
 Rheumatism. — This ailment, even in its most chronic 
 form, yields readily to these waters. Relief is almost in- 
 stantaneous, and it is seldom that a permaneiit cure is not 
 made in a short time. 
 
 Catarrhal Troubles. — Relief is invariable in these 
 cases ; and, except in the most chronic and persistent ones, 
 a permanent cure usually follows. 
 
 Catarrh of the Bladder. — Recovery from this is 
 common. 
 
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VIA THE FRISCO SYSTEM. 
 
 GROTTO SPRING. 
 
 Asthma. — Nearly all cases are relieved immediately 
 and many cured. 
 
 Malaria. — There are no stagnant waters and no mala- 
 ria in the Eureka Springs country. People who visit the 
 place from malarial districts get prompt relief. 
 
 Liver Complaint. — Most of these cases come from 
 malarial districts, hence yield readily to the waters and air 
 of Eureka. Great benefits have been received, even where 
 structural changes have commenced. 
 
 Diseases of the Stomach. — Dyspepsia, indigestion, and 
 other troubles of this organ, even where of long standing, 
 are quickly relieved by these waters. It is claimed that 
 there have been numerous cures of ulcer and cancer of the 
 stomach. 
 
 Paralysis. — Numerous cases have been either cured or 
 relieved. 
 
 Nervous Diseases. — Nervous prostration and all other 
 troubles of the nervous system are cured at Eureka Springs. 
 The waters, the captivating drives and scenery, the invigor- 
 
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THE SUMMIT OF THE OZARKS 
 
 ating air stimulate the blood and appetite, and, aided by 
 the cooling breezes of the night, bring that sweet slumber 
 and peaceful rest needed to restore the exhausted and de- 
 bilitated system. 
 
 Diseases of Women. — These waters have been most 
 effective in various troubles peculiar to women. 
 
 Diseases of the Skin. — Hundreds of cases of Eczema 
 and other skin troubles have been permanently benefited. 
 
 Scrofula. — The waters have proven most efficacious in 
 the treatment of this ailment, which manifests itself in so 
 many skin and blood diseases. 
 
 Diseases of the Eye. — Granulated lids, conjunctivitis 
 and other forms of eye troubles have been benefited and 
 cured at the springs. There are two instances recorded 
 where loss of sight, due to atrophy of optic nerve, have 
 been cured. Mrs. John LePage of Webb City, Mo. , who 
 became blind when only two years of age, and was educated 
 in a blind asylum, regained her sight through the waters of 
 Eureka Springs long after she had grown up and married. 
 
 General Debility, Insomnia, Diseases of the Blood, 
 Dropsy, Hay Fever, Rheumatic Gout and Epilepsy are 
 also among the diseases which have been cured at the resort. 
 
 To sum it up, there are few human ills of any kind which 
 treatment at this place will not, at least, relieve. 
 
 If all who have been cured or benefited by the waters 
 of Eureka Springs were brought together there would not 
 be a hall in the United States large enough to hold them. 
 The best friends the place has are those who have gone 
 there for treatment. There is no gratitude like that of one 
 who has been cured of some serious malady. Good health 
 is the greatest boon known to mankind, and in the hearts 
 of those who found it at Eureka Springs there will forever 
 be a tender spot for the resort. They will always cherish 
 pleasant recollections of the place, and ever be ready to 
 speak a kind word in its behalf. 
 
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VIA THE FRISCO SYSTEM. 
 
THE SUMMIT OF THE OZARKS 
 
 PLEASURES AND AMUSEMENTS. 
 
 IT is not the wild dissipations and debilitating pleasures 
 of a strenuous city life that one finds at Eureka Springs, 
 but rather the quiet, wholesome joys of mountain 
 and woodland. It is true there are hops every 
 Saturday night at the Crescent Hotel, and theaters where 
 attractions appear periodically; but riding, driving, walking, 
 hunting, and fishing are the recognized features of the 
 pleasure side of life at the resort. Everybody rides horse- 
 back at Eureka — men, women, and children. It matters 
 not whether the visitors have ever sat on a horse before, 
 they take to riding at this place. There are competent 
 instructors to teach them and to take them over the pretty 
 and attractive drives. 
 
 And there are no horses so easy to ride as the animals 
 used in this little section of mountain country. Anybody 
 can ride one, so little motion is there to his back, whether 
 he be on a walk or a fox trot. Ladies and children who have 
 never been on a horse before learn to ride fairly well in a 
 day. All the animals used in the place for riding are docile 
 as dogs. No living creature is more sure of foot. They 
 have been trained to these mountains. Wherever a goat 
 can climb they can go. Their endurance seems inexhaust- 
 ible. People who arrive there helpless invalids, as soon as 
 the first signs of returning health appear are to be found 
 astride a horse, and are off with the other visitors enjoying 
 an exhilarating canter over the delightful mountain paths 
 in the clear, bracing air. 
 
 Driving is another of the sports of Eureka. The roads 
 over the mountains are seldom level, and frequently ex- 
 tremely rough, but there is a wild, rugged beauty about 
 the scenery which more than repays one for the rough jolts 
 
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VIA THE FRISCO SYSTEM. 
 
 LAWN TENNIS AT THE CRESCENT. 
 
 he frequently receives in riding in a vehicle over those 
 harsh Ozark peaks and gulches. There is a horseback path 
 leading to every natural curiosity and interesting bit of 
 scenery in the entire mountain range, and nearly all of the 
 places can also be reached with a vehicle. It is the fact 
 that there are so many different rides and drives about the 
 place and that all of them are so replete with such ever- 
 changing and charming views that makes riding and driving 
 such favorite pastimes with people who visit this unique 
 Arkansas resort in search of either health or pleasure. 
 
 White and King's rivers both afford excellent fishing, 
 and a man can go out a few miles into the country in 
 almost any direction and find a good day's sport in hunting. 
 Those fond of these pastimes, therefore, can find them at 
 Eureka. 
 
 Three miles south of the city is Sanitarmm Lake, an 
 artificial body of water, where boating and bathing are to 
 
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THE SUMMIT OF THE OZARKS 
 
 SWEET SPRING, 
 
 be had. At the Narrows on White River, where the Httle 
 settlement of Beaver is located on the opposite bank, quite 
 a bathing plant has been established with numerous bath 
 houses and other conveniences. Boating and fishing are 
 to be had here, and there is a baseball ground laid out 
 where match games between the teams of the different 
 towns of that section are frequently played. 
 
 At the Crescent Hotel can be found tennis courts, 
 bowling alleys, ping-pong tables, and other means for the 
 enjoyment of popular games and pastimes. 
 
 Beautiful grounds have been purchased and enclosed at 
 the famous Dairy Spring, where a summer auditorium, 
 seating 3,000 people, has been erected. Operas, dramas, 
 concerts, and lectures by high-class talent are given here 
 periodically. Street cars, which pass the place, run as late 
 
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 L.ofC- 
 
VIA THE FRISCO SYSTEM. 
 
 ON WHITE RIVER. 
 
 as 11 o'clock at night, and carry people to and from all 
 parts of the city. 
 
 There is also an opera house in the lower end of the 
 town, where traveling attractions appear occasionally 
 throughout the year. 
 
 But all pastimes and entertainments at Eureka Springs 
 are secondary to horse-back riding. It is the conspicuous 
 feature of the pleasure-life of the place. And what is more 
 exhilarating and enjoyable than a gallop over those hills 
 and vales on a safe, sturdy steed ? 
 
 Every direction in which you turn you behold narrow, 
 serpentine bridal paths. They cross cliffs and ravines and 
 encircle the loftiest mountain peaks. You see them in 
 places where it looks impossible for any horse to travel, 
 but these Eureka horses pass over them without so much 
 as ''batting an eye." Traveling along the deep gulches, 
 you look in wonderment at the ragged crags and ledges 
 and lofty peaks, hundreds of feet above you. A little 
 later you are riding over those same ragged crags and 
 ledges and climbing to the very summit of those lofty 
 
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THE SUMMIT OF THE OZARKS 
 
 peaks. And as you look down upon the irregular, 
 straggling gulch you left but a few minutes before, the 
 height seems three times as great as it did when you 
 gazed up at the peak in wonderment from below. You 
 feel it must be a thousand feet or more down. Perhaps 
 you give an involuntary shudder as you figure how horrible 
 would be the consequences if your horse toppled over with 
 you. But the shudder is gone in a moment. The steady, 
 unfaltering stride of the sure-footed beast makes you feel 
 that it is impossible for him to even stumble. 
 
 And when you return to your hotel after a morning's or 
 afternoon's ride in the clear, bracing mountain air amid 
 such alluring scenery and surroundings, there is a ruddy 
 glow to your cheeks, your blood tingles with new life and 
 you feel all the exhilaration of a school boy at play. Your 
 enjoyment is intense. You are happy. Your pleasure 
 has been real. 
 
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VIA THE FRISCO SYSTEM. 
 
 HOTELS, CONVENIENCES, AND 
 EXPENSE. 
 
 EUREKA SPRINGS is a town of hotels and boarding 
 and rooming houses. Besides the Crescent, which 
 is the pride of the place, there are a dozen fair-sized 
 hotels, and three-fourths of the residences of the 
 town have out signs announcing that furnished rooms, or 
 board, or both are to be obtained there. 
 
 On the summit of the towering peak of Crescent Moun- 
 tain, overlooking the whole settlement, stands the Crescent 
 Hotel. It is an imposing edifice of rough-hewn stone, in 
 which every modern convenience is to be found. On its 
 construction $300,000 w^as expended. Everything about 
 it is complete and substantial ; nothing was stinted. Its 
 rotunda is a gem of architectural beauty. It is all finished 
 in hardwood ; and near its center is a huge fireplace of 
 quaint, old-fashioned design, where the guests are wont to 
 congregate in the cool of the evening, or on chilly, rainy 
 days; and, before the bright open fire, indulge in tales and 
 reminiscences. In this retunda there is music every even- 
 ing the year round — for the hotel is open throughout the 
 year — and every Saturday evening there is a hop which 
 is one of the principal social pleasures of the resort. A 
 handsome tap and grill room is a feature of the Crescent. 
 There are also tennis courts, croquet grounds, bowling 
 alleys, and ping-pong tables. Water from the various 
 leading local springs is supplied from a fountain in the 
 rotunda. The rooms are bright and cheerful ; the table 
 high-class. An observatory surmounts the hotel, and from 
 it the country for miles about can be seen. It is such a 
 sight as is to be had at few places in the United States. 
 From the verandas of the hotel and from every window in 
 
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THE SUMMIT OF THE OZARKS 
 
 PALACE BATH Holibt. 
 
 the house there can also be obtained impressive surveys of 
 that delightful mountain region. The rates at the Crescent 
 range from $2.50 to |4 per day and from $12 to $21 per 
 week. 
 
 Thatch Cottage, a few blocks removed from the Cres- 
 cent, is an attractive frame structure of good size, which is 
 also much frequented by people who visit Eureka Springs 
 in search of health or pleasure. The Wadsworth is a sub- 
 stantial brick building on the main business street of the 
 city, which receives a large patronage from commercial men. 
 Among the other hotels are the Sweet Spring Hotel, Mag- 
 netic Spring Hotel, Pence House, Mountain View Hotel, 
 Chautauqua House, New National Hotel, Calohan Cottage, 
 Landaker House, Southern Hotel, and Lindell Hotel. Rates 
 at these places range from $6 per week up. 
 
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VIA THE FRISCO SYSTEM. 
 
 There is also a new hotel, to contain about 100 rooms, 
 in the course of construction in the business quarter of the 
 city. It will be a stone structure and be located near the 
 Palace Bath House. The Chicago capitalists who built the 
 latter are interested in the hotel. 
 
 There are several bath houses at Eureka Springs. The 
 Palace is a very elegant and handsomely furnished place, 
 where almost any known kind of bath can be obtained. 
 The Basin Spring Bath House is another large and well- 
 equipped establishment. The Sweet Spring Bath House is 
 still another ; so that all advantages for taking baths in the 
 Eureka Springs water have been provided. 
 
 The town also boasts of a sanitarium. It is known as 
 the Sisters of Mercy Hospital, and is a well-conducted 
 institution. 
 
 The parties who constructed the artificial body of water 
 known as Sanitarium Lake, a short distance south of the 
 city limits, have projected a sanitarium on a large scale. 
 They have nearly 1,800 acres of grounds, covered with 
 pine trees. Besides building the lake, they have already 
 constructed several miles of excellent driveways and some 
 arched stone bridges, and contemplate a large expenditure 
 of money in improving and beautifying the place. 
 
 At few health or pleasure resorts are prices as low as at 
 Eureka Springs. Perhaps no other house in the countrv 
 offers as low rates for the same quality of service as the 
 Crescent ; and, generally speaking, the other hotels in the 
 town are proportionately reasonable in their charges. A 
 riding horse can he hired for the morning or afternoon for 
 $1, a carriage takes you to or from the station to the hotel 
 for 25 cents, and other livery charges are in the same 
 ratio. In short, there is no place where a man can get 
 more for his money than at Eureka Springs. 
 
 A business man can keep in constant touch with the 
 outside world. There are two mails a day, telegraph and 
 telephone communication and express service. St. Louis, 
 
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 Kansas City, and 
 Texas daily papers 
 reach the resort 
 about twelve hours 
 after the time of 
 their issue, the 
 morningpapers 
 getting in early on 
 the day of publica- 
 tion. Banking 
 facilities are also 
 provided, and 
 there are stores 
 and shops of all 
 kinds. Local 
 newspapers are 
 issued, and the 
 town has churches 
 of all denomina- 
 tions, and good 
 schools. The train 
 service from the 
 place is regular 
 and good. There is at least one train a day to any section 
 of the United States to which one may want to go. 
 But nobody who visits Eureka Springs ever wants to go. 
 
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 THE THATCH COTTAGK. 
 
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VIA THE FRISCO SYSTEM. 
 
 HOW TO REACH EUREKA SPRINGS. 
 
 '' i4 LL roads lead to Rome." Only one road leads 
 
 /\ to Eureka Springs, and that is the Frisco 
 
 t \ System. A connecting line, known as the St. 
 
 Louis & North Arkansas Railroad, departs from the 
 
 Frisco tracks at Seligman, Mo., and enters the curious, 
 
 delightful resort after a run of nineteen miles down a gulch 
 
 in the mountains. 
 
 Although the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad, or 
 the Frisco System, as it is called, is the only road which 
 reaches Eureka Springs, it does so from four different 
 directions — north, east, south, and west. People can 
 reach it from St. Louis or Kansas City in a run of about 
 twelve hours, and the time from Memphis, Tenn., or 
 Dallas, Tex., is practically the same. Visitors from the 
 North and East can take the Frisco from St. Louis ; from 
 the country west of the Missouri River they can travel over 
 the line from Kansas City ; from the South and Southeast 
 they can go by way of Birmingham, Ala. , and Memphis, 
 Tenn.; while from Texas and the Southwest two routes 
 can be taken, one by way of Paris and the Texas Divi- 
 sion, and the other by way of Brownwood, Ft. Worth, or 
 Sherman and the Red River Division. From all points 
 in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Indian Territory direct service 
 is given over the Frisco rails. Round-trip tickets from all 
 places on the system are sold the year round at low rates. 
 All tickets reading to or from Texas points have a stop- 
 over privilege of ten days at Seligman, to enable passengers 
 to visit Eureka Springs. 
 
 Passengers from St. Louis run almost the entire dis- 
 tance through the enchanting Ozark Range, while the 
 trips from all other directions are scarcely less attractive 
 
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 and interesting, for there is always ''something to see on 
 the Frisco." 
 
 And whether you go to Eureka Springs for health or 
 pleasure, you will feel a pang of regret when the day 
 arrives when you must depart. No one ever visits the spot 
 without desiring to return. The cool, refreshing waters of 
 its springs, the bracing mountain air, the clear, cloudless 
 skies, the rides and drives over towering mounds of green, 
 along wild, ragged cliffs, and through quiet, peaceful dales 
 all leave an impression which even time cannot efface. 
 They live in fond memory as long as life lasts. 
 
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 TESTIMONIALS by the hundreds have been received from 
 people who have derived the benefits to be obtained at Eureka 
 Springs. A few of these are given. 
 Here is a letter from the Vice-President and General Manager of the 
 Union Stock Yards and Transit Co. of Chicago, 111. 
 
 Union Stock Yards, Chicago, III., January 17, 189'J. 
 My Dear Doctor, — I am glad of the opportunity to add my testi- 
 monial as to the efficacy of the wonderful waters of Eureka Springs. 
 I commenced going there over ten years ago. I had at that time on my 
 face what my doctors pronounced a cancerous sore. I used the water 
 from Basin Spring very freely, and the sore on my face entirely disap- 
 peared. I was so much in love with the climate and the waters that I 
 purchased a cottage there and have been in the habit of spending 
 several weeks there each spring since. I also have the water shipped 
 to me in large quantities, and use it all the time on my table. I feel 
 that I cannot say too much in praise of the place and the waters, and I 
 would recommend any one afflicted with kidney trouble or disordered 
 blood to go to Eureka Springs. Yours very truly, 
 
 JOHN B. SHERMAN. 
 
 Below is an endorsement from the President of the National Tablet 
 and Supply Co. of Elkhart, Ind. , manufacturers of stationers' supplies : 
 The National Tablet and Supply Co. , Elkhart, Ind. , 
 
 January 15, 1903. 
 
 Dear Doctor, — I feel I must write you something of my sojourn in 
 your romantic little city and of the benefits I received while there. 
 You know when I came there I was troubled with that aggravating 
 disease called Eczema in its worst form, but after taking your advice 
 and treatment, together with the baths in the magical waters for four 
 weeks, I came away almost cured. In fact, the treatment did me more 
 good than all the medicine I ever took, and I shall try to go down once 
 each year and enjoy the baths and the air and the scenery of the Ozark 
 Mountains, together M'ith the good cheer and food to be found at the 
 Crescent Hotel. I cannot say too much for the curative powers of the 
 waters of Eureka. Your true friend, 
 
 C. B. BRODRICK. 
 
 This is from the President of the Fitz Gerald Dry Goods Co. of 
 Lincoln, Neb., and Peoria, 111.: 
 
 Lincoln, Neb., November 22, 1902. 
 Dear Sir, — It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the benefit 
 derived from my stay at the Crescent Hotel is, I believe, permanent. I 
 had an acute attack of diabetes and feel confident that my improved 
 
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 condition is due to my stay at Eureka Springs. I may say, also, that my 
 physician agrees with me in this conclusion. 
 
 Yours very truly, W. D. FITZ GERALD. 
 
 A testimonial from the State Agent for Michigan of the Home Fire 
 Insurance Company of New York, reads : 
 
 Grand Rapids, Mich., January 15, 1899. 
 
 Dear Doctor, — Something over four years ago I was taken with 
 fever and bladder trouble. I was very sick for five or six months. 
 Finally, my kidneys became badly affected, in fact, I was getting 
 Bright' s disease. I was alarmed. I visited several of the most cele- 
 brated mineral springs in the country, traveling nearly a year in the 
 Middle and Southern States as well as Old Mexico. I found no relief 
 until I visited Eureka Springs, Ark., where I was recommended to go 
 by Dr. French, of Milwaukee, whom I met at San Antonio, Tex. I 
 reached Eureka Springs .some time in January, 1896, nearer dead than 
 alive and with little hopes of ever getting any better. Before the 
 middle of February I began to improve, and the improvement was so 
 rapid that I and my friends were astonished. I drank from two to 
 three gallons a day of the Magnetic Spring water, and took from three 
 to four baths a week. I came home in April of the same year nearly 
 well. My kidneys have never bothered me since. I have been attend- 
 ing to business ever since, and consider that I owe my life to the little 
 Magnetic Spring at Eureka Springs, Ark. 
 
 Yours very truly, A. J. SINCLAIR. 
 
 Here is a letter from a member of one of the best-known families in 
 Kentucky : 
 
 Lexington, Ky. , January 9, 1899. 
 
 Dear Sir, — On May 14, 1893, I arrived in Eureka Springs, Ark., 
 for treatment for rheumatism. For several months I had been com- 
 pelled to use crutches and was considered by my friends, physicians, and 
 myself to be in a very serious condition. I had no hope at best but to 
 be permanently crippled, even if so fortunate as to get well. On Sep- 
 tember 20th, of the same year, I left, entirely cured. It gives me 
 pleasure to recommend Eureka Springs, Ark. , to those afflicted as I was, 
 and I can speak in only the highest praise of the climate, water, 
 phvsicians, and hospitable people of that place. 
 
 Very respectfully, ROBT. E. GRINSTEAD. 
 
 St. Louis, Mo., January 10, 1899. 
 My Dear Doctor, — I spent three months in Eureka Springs in 1898 
 and was greatly benefited by the climate and waters. 
 
 Very truly, E. B. INGALLS. 
 
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 A leading jeweler and diamond merchant of Sioux City, la., writes 
 as follows : 
 
 Sioux City, Ia., January 6, 1899. 
 
 My Dear Doctor, — It is with a great deal of pleasure I send you my 
 personal experience of the benefit arising from my visit to and treatment 
 at Eureka Springs. Suffering for months with insomnia, I was induced 
 to visit your town for treatment. After three weeks I am pleased to 
 say I left perfectly cured, due to the wonderful curative properties of 
 the waters prescribed. 1 also desire to add that my daughter, fifteen 
 years of age, having suffered for months with rheumatism, was com- 
 pletely cured after a stay of two months at the Springs, and, I am 
 gratified to say, has never suffered since. 
 
 Sincerely yours, WILL H. BECK. 
 
 The head of the real estate firm of J. S. Montgomery & Co. of 
 Galveston, Texas, writes : 
 
 Galveston, Texas, December 18, 1898. 
 Dear Doctor, — A few years ago my wife, self, and two children 
 spent a month at the Crescent. Thanks to the climate and the waters, 
 the health of our little boy was completely restored. I consider 
 Eureka Springs an ideal change for folks in our latitude. 
 
 Yours very respectfully, 
 
 JAMES S. MONTGOMERY. 
 
 Lincoln, III., January 27, 1899. 
 
 Dear Doctor, — It is with pleasure that I make the following state- 
 ment, hoping that some afflicted one may be influenced thereby to test 
 the healing virtues of the waters and climate at Eureka Springs, Ark. 
 My wife has been afflicted many years with female difficulties and 
 nervous prostration, with a general giving way of the entire system. 
 Our home physicians, after exhausting all their skill to no effect, ad- 
 vised her to go to Chicago and undergo an operation in the hospital. 
 This she did only to be left in a more desperate condition. Our old 
 family physican then advised, as a last resort, a change of climate. 
 After going West and spending a time without beneficial results, we put 
 in three months at El Dorado Springs, Mo. But her case still grew 
 more hopeless. Like the drowning man catching at a straw, we de- 
 cided to go to Eureka Springs. W'e spent nearly two years there, and 
 I am glad to say her improvement was very soon discernable. And 
 she has continued to improve, until now, although nearly sixty-seven 
 years old, her health is better than for the last twenty years. We at- 
 tribute all to the healing virtues of the water and climate of Eureka 
 Springs. My advice to the afflicted is : " Go thou, and do likewise." 
 
 C. G. KEOWN. 
 
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 4724 Drexel Boulevard, Chicago, III., February 10, 1899. 
 J/y Dear Doctor, — About ten years ago I first visited Eureka Springs 
 with very serious stomach trouble and dyspepsia. I drank the w^ater 
 at any and all of the springs many times each day for six weeks and 
 returned home completely cured. I found the climate good, the moun- 
 tain air, drives, and horseback riding most enjoyable, and grand to re- 
 store one's health. I know of no better place in this country for a per- 
 son run down in health, tired, or suffering from nervous prostration in 
 which to rest and build up than Eureka Springs. I wish I could spend 
 every April and May there. 
 
 GEORGE T. WILLIAMS. 
 
 Decatur, III., March 29, 1902. 
 Dear Sir, — For two months I was almost helpless from sciatic 
 rheumatism. I could not sit down. Medicine seemed to do me 
 no permanent good, so I went to your city. The wonderful curative 
 properties of your climate and water entirely restored me to my usual 
 good health. I returned home better and heavier than in years. My 
 visit not only benefited me but also my family. You are at liberty to 
 use this for the sake of afflicted ones. 
 
 J. M. WILLARD. 
 
 The President of the Riverside Publishing Company of Chicago has 
 this to say : 
 
 Chicago, III., January 18, 1899. 
 
 Dear Doctor, — My wife received very great benefit while at 
 Eureka Springs, which was due not only to the water she drank but 
 the climate and the excellent baths and medical attendance which she 
 received while there. You are at perfect liberty to use my name as a 
 reference to any invalid who may wish to write me, and I shall take 
 pleasure in answering any communications that may come from suffer- 
 ing humanity. Yours very truly, H. E. SEVER. 
 
 The following is from the Surveyor of Customs of Sioux City, la. : 
 Office of Surveyor of Customs, 
 
 Port of Sioux City, Ia. , December 17, 1902. 
 Aly Dear Doctor, — After reaching home from my twelfth visit to 
 Eureka Springs, Ark., I feel it a duty to let you know my feelings in 
 regard to your famous resort. To the sedentary business man with 
 stomach, liver, and kidneys torpid, no place in my experience returns 
 such quick and lasting benefits, and I always return to my duties with 
 renewed strength and zest. Eureka Springs is a natural sanitarium and 
 will become the Mecca of the afflicted. 
 
 Sincerely yours, J. H. BOLTON. 
 
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 Prophktstown, III., December 30, 1902. 
 Dear Doctor, — I take great pleasure in testifying to the great good 
 received in Eureka Springs. The waters and baths alone have nearly- 
 cured me of an obstinate case of Eczema of fifteen years' duration. 
 Many physicians have exerted their best efforts to cure my malady, 
 but none of them were able to give me the relief and cure that has 
 followed my visit to your unique city. You are privileged to use this 
 for the good of others. SARAH OTT. 
 
 Henry, III., August 11, 1899. 
 Dear Doctor, — It gives me pleasure to testify to the efficacy of the 
 waters at Eureka Springs, Ark. I came there with chronic constipation 
 of the bowels of long standing. In three weeks' time I was called 
 away on account of sickness in my family, but I am gratified to give to 
 a suffering humanity the testimony of a speedy cure. 
 
 Mrs. M. L. HILDEBRAXT. 
 
 The communication printed below is from the President of The 
 Canfield & Wheeler Co., Manistee, Mich., manufacturers of lumber, 
 lath, and salt : 
 
 Manistee, Mich., December 17, 1898. 
 Dear Doctor, — I consider Eureka Springs the most restful place I 
 have ever been for a tired out business man to brace up in. A four or 
 five weeks' stay at the Springs makes a new man of me. 
 
 Yours as ever, E. D. ^YHEELER. 
 
 A letter received from the head of the Suda Hardware Co. of Louis- 
 iana, Mo., reads: 
 
 Louisiana, Mo., January 6, 1899. 
 My Dear Doctor, — My wife and daughter were greatly benefited by 
 their visits to your city, both in summer and winter. There are wonder- 
 ful properties in the water, and the climate is sublime. 
 
 Respectfully, \V. F. SUDA. 
 
 Below is a letter from a member of the firm of Dudley & Dudley, 
 attorneys at law at Paris, Texas: 
 
 Paris, Texas, January 23, 1899. 
 
 Dear Doctor, — Having spent four summers at Eureka Springs in 
 company with my family, enjoying its delightful climate and drinking 
 its marvelous waters, I am prepared to state that in my opinion, as a 
 health resort and as a place for the building up of an overworked or run 
 down system, it has no equal in the Southwest. The air is perfectly 
 pure and exhilarating. The scenery is grand beyond description, while 
 the best waters that ever burst from the fountains of the earth flow from 
 numerous springs. J. G. DUDLEY. 
 
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 Eureka Springs, Ark., February 17, 1898. 
 
 Dear Sir, — I came here late in December, 1897, very much run 
 down and also threatened with Bright' s disease. In seven weeks I 
 have gained ten pounds in weight and all symptoms of the disease 
 named have disappeared. Very respectfully, 
 
 409 Security Building, St. Louis, Mo. IRVING McGOWAN. 
 
 Eureka Springs, Ark., December 20, 1898. 
 Dear Doctor, — I am glad to testify to the good effects of the climate 
 and the waters of Eureka Springs. Although I have been here but a 
 short time, I find myself much better than I have been for a long 
 period. I am sure the waters are exceedingly beneficial in chronic cases 
 of stomach trouble. You are at liberty to refer to me at any time. 
 Very sincerely yours, Mrs. JAMES MIX, 
 
 2836 Indiana Ave., Chicago, 111. 
 
 Kansas City, Mo., March 18, 1892. 
 
 Dear Sir, — About seven years ago, in the State of Chiapas, Mexico, 
 I fell ill with a fever which almost proved fatal, but I recovered, and for 
 nine or ten months appeared to be getting my health O. K. Then I be- 
 gan to experience a sickness of the stomach ; and my liver, which was 
 (before my illness) healthy, commenced to trouble me regularly. I be- 
 came unable to work and was compelled to commence treatment with the 
 best doctors I could find, and I have been continually taking medicine 
 since up until May (este anos), 1901. I went to Eureka Springs fully 
 discouraged and very much disgusted with medicine and with 
 physicians, for during six years I had taken treatment from the best 
 physicians I could find in the cities of San Diego, Cal., Los Angles, 
 Cal., and in Indianapolis, Ind., and other cities. I was even examined 
 by the famous Dr. Flowers, of Massachusetts. However, I received 
 absolutely no benefit from any of the doctors, and through advice of 
 Mr. E. E. Moore and a few others (friends of my father from Cherry- 
 vale, Kas.,) I went to Eureka Springs and in three months' residence, 
 continually drinking sweet spring water with no medicine, I feel, and 
 certainly am, better than I have been during six years. The water 
 surely has done for me what physicians and all sorts of medicine failed 
 to do. I must say I went to the Springs with no faith whatever in the 
 water for my case (which all the doctors pronounced catarrh of 
 stomach and liver), but did so to please my father and mother. I 
 cannot fully express my gratitude for the advice which led me to the 
 Springs. I now have confidence and believe the w^ater will cure me 
 entirely if it has not already done so. I certainly can, and will, rec- 
 ommend Eureka Springs every opportunity. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 UOO Oak Street, Kansas City. ED. L. BENSON. _ 
 
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 Here is what a member of the firm of Eddy & Eddy of St. Louis, 
 manufacturers of grocers' sundries, has to say : 
 
 St. Louis, Mo., January 2^, 1899. 
 
 Dear Doctor, — It gives me pleasure to state that I have derived 
 great benefit, as well as pleasure, from my repeated visits to Eureka 
 Springs. The purity of the waters, the delightful climate and fascinat- 
 ing scenery all combine to make it a most delightful resort for those 
 who need to recuperate, as well as for others who may be seeking 
 pleasure and rest. Very truly, A. A. EDDY. 
 
 This is from the General Claim Agent of the Missouri Pacific 
 Railway : 
 
 St. Louis, Mo., November 7, 1900. 
 
 My Dear Doctor, — Mrs. Jones returned home greatly improved in 
 every way. As you know, she went to Eureka Springs in a very feeble 
 and exhausted condition, after a long siege of typhoid fever. I wish 
 to say unhesitatingly that the pure air and water of Eureka Springs are 
 entitled to great credit for her very decided improvement. As a place 
 for convalescence, the pure mountain air, the wonderful water, and the 
 beautiful scenery combine to give ideal conditions. 
 
 Very sincerely yours, W. E. JONES. 
 
 Macomb, III., January 1, 1902. 
 My Dear Doctor, — For over twenty years I have been afifiicted with 
 some form of stomach trouble which prevented my sleeping at night and 
 made me miserable by day. During July and August, 1900, I visited 
 Eureka Springs and used those wonderful waters and obtained entire 
 relief. After going home I used the water for some time, having it 
 shipped. I have never had any return of the malady since. You may 
 refer to me if you desire. J. C. McCLELLAN. 
 
 Waukegan, III., December 19, 1898. 
 Aly Dear Doctor, — I have never visited Eureka Springs for relief 
 from any specific ailment, but rather for the pure air which you have 
 in such abundance, and to escape the rigors of our cold winters and 
 springs. I have, however, heard abundant testimony from invalids 
 whom I have met there, and who had obtained substantial relief from 
 their complaints, by the use of the waters, to feel certain that the waters 
 flowing from the various springs in and about your town are highly 
 efficacious in the cure of rheumatism and kidney troubles in their 
 various forms, and in combination with the climate they are effective in 
 cases of catarrh. Indeed, as a " health resort," when air and water 
 are both taken into consideration, I deem Eureka Springs equal to any 
 I have ever visited. Yours very truly, 
 
 H. W. BLODGETT. 
 
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 Louisiana, Mo., January 12, 1899. 
 Afy Dear Doc^o?', — M.rs. Stark had a severe case of rheumatism, 
 which was thoroughly cured during our stay of five weeks there, through 
 March and early April of last spring. And, best of all, there has been 
 no recurrence of the trouble, so that she has been very enthusiastic in 
 recommending Eureka Springs to her friends and acquaintances. Speak- 
 ing for myself, most certainly there is no better place to go for a rest. 
 
 Truly, C. M". STARK. 
 
 Eureka Springs, Ark., May 1, 1898. 
 Dear Sir, — I came to Eureka Springs on the 16th of January, 1898, 
 suffering from aggravated kidney trouble. I had been ordered by my 
 physician to stop work and go to some place for complete rest. By 
 chance, I was directed to the *' Gem of the Ozarks." I had been in 
 bed for some time previous to my coming ; was very much reduced in 
 flesh, had no appetite and had lost all interest in life. I began drink- 
 ing the Magnetic water, drinking as much as two gallons per day, and 
 as soon as I was able began taking walks. I began improving 
 immediately ; my complexion cleared up, renewed vigor came to me, 
 and I gained flesh rapidly. In one month's time I gained sixteen pounds 
 of flesh and felt better than I have since my boyhood days on the 
 farm. I go away feeling that I have gained the most substantial 
 results. I am so thoroughly convinced that my own life has been 
 prolonged and my usefulness increased by my sojourn in your midst 
 that I am desirous of leaving with you an account of my wonderful 
 experience with the climate and waters of Eureka Springs. You are 
 at perfect liberty to use this note in any manner you may see fit. 
 Sincerely, GEORGE FREDERIC AYERS, 
 
 Independence, Mo. 
 
 Pine Bluff, Ark., January 16, 1899. 
 My Dear Doctor, — It is a pleasure to me to testify as to the merits 
 of the waters of Eureka Springs. I had been suffering for two years 
 from uric acid, causing severe and constant headaches, from which I 
 could obtain no permanent relief by the use of the many diff"erent medi- 
 cines which I took. Three years ago, having then suff'ered for two 
 years with my trouble, I spent one week at Eureka Springs, drinking 
 the waters very freely, from which I received much benefit. The fol- 
 lowing summer I spent three weeks at Eureka Springs, and was much 
 benefited and well repaid for my small expenditure while there. In 
 addition to the benefit received while there, my time was spent very 
 pleasantly, the scenery being beautiful and picturesque, and the climate 
 very pleasant ; the walks and drives were rendered extremely delight- 
 ful. I would be glad to have you refer anyone to me who is desirous 
 
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 of knowing the many good points concerning Arkansas' fine summer 
 and health resort, where one can find a pleasant climate together with 
 mountain scenery and air and good health, and that within easy reach 
 of the Southern people. Very truly yours, 
 
 W. N. TRULOCK. 
 
 Union Stock Yards, Chicago, January 12, 189V). 
 My Dear Doctor, — I have been visiting your town each spring for 
 the last five years and am pleased to be able to recommend it as a 
 health resort, both as regards its many different waters and its clear, 
 bracing air laden with the smell of pines, all inducing to walking and 
 other vigorous exercise out of doors. The various springs, flowing 
 waters of different properties, are wonderfully beneficial and I believe 
 they will cure, or at least alleviate, the majority of troubles to which 
 man is heir. I prize the water of some of the springs so highly on 
 account of its purity that I have it shipped to me here in cases for 
 regular use and I have never known it to grow stale in the bottles, even 
 when kept for upward of a year. I have known some astonishing 
 cures which could be attributed solely to the water and air at Eureka 
 Springs. One I now have in mind is that of an old employe of this 
 company who was gradually going down with cancer at the root of the 
 tongue. He had submitted to one operation and was finally told there 
 was little hope for him. He then, six years ago, visited Eureka Springs 
 and now has no fear of a recurrence of his trouble though he still goes 
 there each spring to keep his system in good shape. I cannot say 
 enough in praise of the water and the bracing air at Eureka Springs. 
 
 Respectfully, JAMES H. ASHBY. 
 
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 Austin, Tex. 
 Birminghain, Ala. 
 Brownwood, Tex. 
 Cedar Rapids, la. 
 Chicago, 111. 
 Chickasha, I. T. 
 Cincinnati, O. . 
 Dallas, Tex. . 
 Denver, Col. 
 Denison, Tex. . 
 
 525.25 
 23.50 
 20.85 
 25.45 
 27.50 
 12.50 
 26.90 
 13.90 
 40.10 
 12.00 
 
 Des Moines, la. 
 Duluth, Minn. 
 Ft. Smith, Ark. 
 Ft. Scott, Kan. 
 Ft. Worth, Tex. 
 Galveston. Tex. 
 Houston, Tex. . 
 Kansas City, Mo. 
 Lincoln, Neb. . 
 
 .f22.50 
 . 41.10 
 . fi.80 
 . 7.80 
 . 15.20 
 . 27.50 
 . 25.50 
 11.50 
 . 22.45 
 
 Memphis, Tenn. . $11.50 
 Milwaukee, Wis. . 32.00 
 Minneapolis, Minn. 34.50 
 Oklahoma City, O.T. 11.50 
 Omaha, Neb. . . 22.75 
 Paris, Tex. . . . 10.00 
 Peoria. 111. . . . 20.30 
 Pueblo, Col. . . 40.10 
 St. Joseph, Mo. . 14.55 
 
 St. Louis, Mo. .fl2.50 
 St. Paul, Minn. . 34.50 
 San Antonio, Tex. 29.25 
 
 Sherman, Tex. 
 Sioux i;ity, la. 
 Topeka, Kan. . 
 Tupelo, Miss. . 
 Van Buren, Ark. 
 Wichita, Kan. . 
 
 12.00 
 27.70 
 14.00 
 16.55 
 6.60 
 11.00 
 
 For more detailed information concerning EUREKA SPRINGS, or how to get there, please call upon or 
 address any of the following " Frisco System " : 
 
 GENERAL AND TRAVELING AGENTS. 
 
 ATLANTA, GA., Pryor and Decatur streets.— 
 W.T. Saunders, General Agent Passenger De- 
 partment ; F. E-. Clark, Traveling Passenger 
 Agent; ChaS. F. AUSTIN, Commercial Agent. 
 
 BIRMINGHAM, ALA., Morris Hotel. — P. R. 
 MacKinnon, City Passenger Agent ; E.T.WlLL- 
 COX, Commercial Agent. 
 
 CHICAGO, ILL., 332 Marquette Building.— F. 
 C. Reilly, General Agent ; C. H. Adolph, City 
 Passenger Agent; J. M. JILLICH, Traveling Pas- 
 senger Agent; G. H'.Kummer, Traveling Freight 
 Agent; M. W. BURNS, Traveling Freight Agent. 
 
 CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. — W. R. POWE, 
 General Freight and Passenger Agent. 
 
 CINCINNATI, OHIO, 407 Walnut Street— C. 
 
 C. Spalding, General Agent; H. I. MCGUIRE, 
 Traveling Passenger Agent; C. S. HALL, Travel- 
 ing Freight Agent; C. HANSON, Copenhagen, 
 Denmark, Foreign Immigration Agent. 
 
 DALLAS, TEX., 259 Main Street. — CAL. P. 
 TOHNSTON, Southwestern Passenger Agent; H. 
 W. ADAMS, Commercial Agent ; ROY TERRELL, 
 Traveling Freight Agent. 
 
 DENVER, COL., 1106 Seventeenth Street. — G. 
 W. MARTIN, General Western Agent ; J. J. DOO- 
 LITTLE, Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent ; 
 
 D. B. EldridGE, Traveling Freight and Passen- 
 ger Agent. 
 
 FORT SCOTT, KAN. — E. E. Dix, General 
 Agent. 
 
 FORT SMITH, ARK. — F. M. RICHARDSON, 
 General Agent ; F. BUMGAKDNER, Traveling 
 Freight Agent. 
 
 FORT WORTH, TEX. —J. B. MORROW, City 
 Passenger and Ticket Agent ; E. M. WiNSTEAD, 
 Commercial Agent; C. E. WYNNE, Jr., Traveling 
 Freight Agent. 
 
 HOUSTON, TEX.— W. C. CONNOR, Jr.. Com- 
 mercial Agent ; JAS. A. GiRAUD, Traveling 
 Freight Agent. 
 
 JONESBORO, ARK. — C. P. HEADLY, Travel- 
 ing Freight Agent. 
 
 JOPLIN, MO., Keystone Hotel. — L.W. Price, 
 Division Passenger Agent ; T. J.FRANKS, Division 
 Freight Agent ; E. C. HOAG, Traveling Freight 
 Agent; H. E. MORRIS, Traveling Freight Agent. 
 
 KANSAS CITY, MO., Thayer Building. —J. C. 
 LOURIEN, Assistant General Passenger Agent: 
 Phil. Johnston, City Passenger Agent; CO. 
 Jackson, Traveling Passenger Agent; W. K. 
 Rogers, Depot Passenger Agent. 
 
 KANSAS CITY, MO., Board of Trade. — E. S. 
 Stephens, Commercial Agent ; E. T. HALL, 
 Traveling Freight Agent. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, CAL., 208 Stjnson Building.— 
 J. F. Edwards, Pacific Coast Agent. 
 
 LOUISVILLE, KY., 300 West Main Street. — 
 J. M. Kirk, Traveling Freight Agent. 
 
 MEMPHIS, TENN., Peabody Hotel. —J. N. 
 CORNATZAR, General Agent Passenger Depart- 
 ment ; Eugene SUTCLIFFE, City Passenger 
 Agent ; W. L. EVANS, Traveling Passenger Agent ; 
 Frank Griffith, Traveling Passenger Agent; 
 P. S. Weever, City Ticket Agent. 
 
 MEMPHIS, TENN., 347 Main Street. — W. P. 
 Adams, Commercial Agent ; R. E. BUCHANAN, 
 Traveling Freight Agent. 
 
 MEXICO CITY, MEX., 6 Calle de Gante.— 
 Alexander More, General Agent. 
 
 NASHVILLE, TENN. —BRUCE JEFFRIES, 
 Travelling Passenger Agent. 
 
 NEW ORLEANS, LA., St. Charles Hotel.— I. 
 T. Preston, Commercial Agent. 
 
 NEW YORK, N. Y., 385 Broadway. — F. D. 
 Russell, General Eastern Agent; J. L. CAR- 
 LING, Freight and Passenger Agent; W. H. POR- 
 TER, Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent ; 
 Geo. L. TruiTT, Traveling Freight and Passen- 
 ger Agent. 
 
 OKLAHOMA, O. T. — Warren BAKER, Gen- 
 eral Agent ; J. H. GROTHER, Traveling Passen- 
 ger Agent. 
 
 OMAHA, NEB., 205 South Fourteenth Street.— 
 W. C. Melville, Northwestern Passenger Agent ; 
 E. F. Serviss, Commercial Agent. 
 
 PITTSBURG, PA., 706 Park Building. — O. M. 
 CONLEY, General Agent ; SIDNEY VAN DUSEN, 
 Traveling Passenger Agent ; W. MILLIGAN, 
 Traveling Freight Agent. 
 
 SAINT LOUIS, S. E. corner 8th and Olive 
 streets. — F. J. DeiCKE, City Passenger and Ticket 
 Agent; CAL. DUTTON, Union Station Passenger 
 Agent; A. D. LiGHTNER, General Agent Freight 
 Department ; WALTER E. BROWN, Traveling 
 Freight Agent. 
 
 SAINT LOUIS, Nulsen Building. 6th and Olive 
 streets. — S. A. HUGHES, General Immigration 
 Agent; A. S. HART, Advertising Agent; K. M. 
 WlSHART, Traveling Passenger Agent. 
 
 ST. PAUL, MINN. — C. W. HUMPHREY, North- 
 ern Passenger Agent. 
 
 SAN ANTONIO, TEX.. 102 West Commercial 
 Street. — J. W. HUTCHISON. Traveling Passenger 
 Agent; E. F. TILLMAN, Commercial Agent. 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., 105 Front Street.— 
 J. F. EDWARDS, Pacific Coast Agent ; H.E.Need- 
 HAM, Commercial Agent. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, MO. — W. C. SMITH, General 
 Agent. 
 
 WICHITA, KAN. — C. W. STRAIN, Division 
 Passenger Agent ; H. C. CONLEY, Commercial 
 Agent ; E. E. CARTER, Traveling Freight Agent. 
 
 A. S. DODGE, 
 
 Freight Traffic Manager, 
 
 BRYAN SNYDER, 
 
 Passenger Traffic Manager, 
 
 SAINT LOUIS. 
 
 ALEX. HILTON, 
 
 General Passenger Agent, 
 
 ST. LOUIS & NORTH ARKANSAS RAILROAD. 
 
 R. H. JAMES, Traveling Passenger Agent, W. S. ROBERTS, Auditor, 
 
 Eureka Springs, Ark. 
 
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