Author Archives: W. Keith Brenton

I made good progress on the next chapter of Book 4, “The Unwept Tear,” thanks to a breakfast wrap with bacon and a classic latté at the venerated Mud Street Cafe this morning. Another couple of pages; another couple thousand … Continue reading →

Carrie Nation Spring is not one of the city’s public spring reservations; it is on private property. So if you visit, please respect that. Local legend has it that alcohol abolitionist Carrie Nation — who lived across the street — … Continue reading →

This article in the May edition of Discover Magazine details the identification of what was originally thought to be an asteroid as the top stage of the Saturn 5 and Saturn 1-B lunar rockets. Just like the ones that lifted … Continue reading →

Without teasing too much of Book 4, “The Unwept Tear,” suffice it to say that much of the action moves from Eureka Springs, Arkansas and the Gaskins community (north of it) to Beaver Lake, west of town and near the … Continue reading →

Little Eureka Spring, though I could find no markings for it, is a city spring reservation at the end of Steele Street where it curves into Douglas Street, just before Little Lake Eureka. The spring-fed lake, created by a dam … Continue reading →

I’ve referred to this cool legend of the M&NA Railroad before, in two different posts, Ghost Train and Phantom Caboose. About half-way through “The Water Cure” — the first novel in the “People of the Water” Cycle — I quote … Continue reading →

If you follow Spring Street north from Crescent Spring, make the turn to the west at its northernmost bend, you’ll come to Grotto Spring. This beautiful spring reservation is a must-stop for visitors in cars or on the tour tram. … Continue reading →

Don’t laugh, now! A lot of Eureka Springs’ streets are staircases! Just don’t try to drive up and down them. For that, we have Mountain, Owen and Pine Streets, among others! Cora Pinckley Call’s long-sold souvenir book, “A Stairstep Town” … Continue reading →

I skipped Harding Spring! It resides on Spring Street between Sweet Spring and Crescent Spring, of course. A number of healings by water were reported here, including a rather famous one for blindness. Harding Spring features the railed “lover’s leap” … Continue reading →

Crescent Spring is the next stop on our tour of Eureka’s spring reservations, set aside for public benefit early in the city’s history. This is the one for which Crescent Hotel is named, and you can still climb the stone … Continue reading →