Traveling Thursday – Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Located deep in the Ozark Mountains, Eureka Springs is the perfect weekend getaway for couples or families. Eureka Springs is our go-to vacation when all we want to do is soak in the atmosphere and relax. As a matter of fact, my husband and I were married at a lovely bed and breakfast here in 2015. There are many great places to stay and lots of things to do in this small historic town.

HISTORICAL EUREKA SPRINGS

Eureka Springs was founded on July 4th, 1879. The many natural springs found throughout the area brought people from all over the country to try the healing waters. By the end of the first year as a town, the population had reached 10,000.

It is reputed that Dr. Alvah Jackson was the first white settler to realize the healing properties of the water when it cured his son of an eye ailment in 1856. Later, during the Civil War, Dr. Jackson set up a hospital in a local cave to help care for the wounded.

When his friend, Judge J.B. Saunders, took the water in 1879 to help him with a crippling disease and was cured, he became Eureka Springs’s biggest vocal supporter. Relating to everyone he knew of the amazing, healing powers of the water of the Ozark town.

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