Category Archives: Fiction Writer

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 →

If you walk a couple of blocks southwest of Basin Spring, where our tour began yesterday, you’ll come to Calif Spring (various spellings throughout the years) on the grounds of the Eureka Springs Historical Museum. The spring is now sealed … Continue reading →

Collected from the ‘net a couple of years ago and since vanished, these last few stereoviews in my collection include a few more of the Crescent Hotel, the site of at least a couple of pivotal scenes in the “People … Continue reading →

This 1906 newspaper ad tells potential visitors that a pleasant horseback ride in the woods is available via the Frisco Railroad and its connecting line to Eureka Springs. Stan, one of the characters in my novel “The Water Cure,” works … Continue reading →