Congress, Arizona

In 1863 Pauline Weaver and Abraham Peeples came from California to find gold. They found gold and the rush was on. In 1887 The Congress mine was formed and the town had a name. On March 14, 1895 the railroad ...

Larue County / County Officials --- 1843

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Larue County

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Was established March 1, 1843 from part of Hardin County after debate over selection of name. An act to create Helm County honoring John LaRue Helm, then Speaker of the House, ...

Spanish-American and World War Veterans Memorial

In memory of our deceased

World War Veterans

Western District

of Carroll County

In Memoriam

United Spanish War

Veterans

1898

Marker is on Spring Street north of Main Street (Arkansas Route 23), on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Basin Park Sycamore

I stood here growing so many years,

I shared your laughter, I shared your tears.

My life was good, beginning to end,

and this is a wish I'd like to send.

Be happy and kind to all around,

and let not sorrow be ever found.

The ...

Civil War Healing

The Eureka Springs area's reputation as a health resort has its origins in the Civil War. Late 19th-century accounts claim Dr. Alvah Jackson treated sick and wounded soldiers during the war. In early 1865, Maj. J. W. Cooper, who led ...

Telephone Exchange

1909

This building was constructed in 1909 by John W. Weatherford, the man who earlier built the adjacent Weatherford Hotel. It was the headquarters for the Arizona Overland Telephone Company, housing its offices and physical plant.

Construction started in July 1909 and ...

The Civic Center

South Main

These two large limestone public buildings anchor this part of downtown Eureka Springs. They span the deep ravine cut by Leatherwood Creek which flows in a tunnel beneath all the buildings on this entire part of Main Street.

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This ...

The Western District Courthouse

Eureka Springs was incorporated on Valentine's Day in 1880. At that time, the only courthouse was in the county seat of Berryville, some 12 miles to the east. This was a great distance at the time, the roads were bad, ...

American Elm

Ulmus americana

Native to Eastern N. America. Planted widely for shade and shelterbelts as one of the most popular trees of the city streets, lawns, and parks. However, it is no longer the "famous shade tree" of the past, nor widely ...

Canaan Church

The congregation of the Canaan Baptist Church, primarily African-American, was organized in 1913 by Rev. David Boles, Sr., who was pastor, and Brother Fred Gilbert, Deacon. It was the only organized denominational church in what is now Richmond Hill during ...