Eureka Springs Fun Guide--June 2020

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COME EARLY

for more than 18 miles of hiking & mountain biking trails. Visit the Bible Museum and Gift Shop, and enjoy the Holy Land Tour or the Backstage Tour. Advanced reservations required for both tours. Stand beneath the 67’ tall Christ of the Ozarks or in front of a section of the Berlin Wall.

Holy Land Tours throughout the year

STAY LATE for play performances – Good Friday through October. Seating is limited.

CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR THE 2020 PASSION PLAY PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

The Play has become a touchstone of Christian culture.

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...is all about fun and it’s actually a guide! What to do, where to go, how to get there and how to plan a day in order to get it all in – packed into one publication you can keep in your car or hotel room and consult about how to make the most of your time in Eureka Springs.

Curious, indeed. That brilliant tagline created by Paradise Marketing somewhere in Florida, is branding Eureka Springs as an adventure. Kind of like a treasure hunt. This vacation won’t be like the one you had last June, but it could be more interesting. Last year you expected the server at your favorite restaurant to return your hug or at least shake your hand. You didn’t expect to see them masked. Last year you ambled into a café when you felt like it, sat down, looked around the room, ordered a double espresso or lavender Martini, and perused a menu. This year is like sticking your toe in the water to see if it’s just right. Greetings, crowds and menus have changed and still are changing, but the essence of Eureka Springs has been unaffected. The redbuds and dogwoods bloomed just like every spring. Robins still hatched eggs, whippoorwills still stay up all night, stars are still looking at us. We can actually take delight in the new normal. The free things in Eureka Springs, like ghosts, Humpty Dumpty sitting on a wall, the Rainbow Stairs, the surprise bikes at the N. Main parking lot, the walking paths where even if a mulberry doesn’t fall on your head it will get on the bottom of your shoe, are the same. That’s the stuff that brought us all here anyway, the nature and oddities. The town is curious, indeed. Thank you for being confident enough to scout us out. +

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On the cover The more models Blakeley Wilson acquires, the more feed she has to buy. This picture is of what’s next on her wish list, goats! Blakeley has donkeys, a dog, chickens, guineas, peacocks, turkeys, cats and a husband. She takes life seriously and whimsically – she wants to observe, think about, and paint her version of an inspiring and relaxing life. So she does! Blakeley is the product of two fine artists, and you can meet her, or her mother Sylvia (also a folk artist) at Wilson & Wilson, 23 Spring, in the Flatiron Building at Spring and Center. One man walked in and bought a huge painting for his workshop in Wisconsin because he said it made him feel so good to stop and stare at it. That’s the way Wilson & Wilson paintings work. + EurekaFun.com

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What’s fun in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, cobbled together by the staff of The Eureka Springs Independent, Inc. Post-it Notes: Event submissions, reviews and contests EurekaFunGuide@gmail.com, 479.253.6101 Advertising Sales Michael Owens MOwensESiSales@gmail.com, 479.659.1461 Advertising Deadline is approximately the 2nd of each month.

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Second Saturday, June 13 ~ Music in the Park Opal Agafia and the Sweet Nothings belt Roots ‘n Roll at 5. Free, fun mountain soul sung by the woman who spent school time absorbing Etta James, John Prine, Lyle Lovett, Emmylou, Ray Charles and Dolly Parton influences – you know, poetry with notes that we can sing on our walk home. Opal’s music is too important not to share. +

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Southern Enduro Tour scouts out the most impertinent terrain in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, then has a downhill race. This year agreed to the First Redemption Tour in Eureka Springs This is a one-day, seven-stage competition scheduled for Saturday, June 27 at the Great Passion Play trails. Chip timing, tasty food, $2500 in raffle prizes, polished awards. You can relieve your mom when you assure her that medical support is on-site. Or just don’t mention the race to her. Unless you’re under 18, then she’ll need to sign for you. Tell her it’s okay to be handsome and ride your bike downhill as fast as you can at the same time. +

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What about Lake Leatherwood? Can we mom, can we? Yes. And no. As of June 1 • Self-contained RVs can rent full hookup sites. Reservations online, reserveamerica.com and follow self-check-in procedures. • No tent camping. • Cabin rentals available Friday through Monday, or weeklong reservations. reserveamerica. com and self-check-in. • Camping cabins, playgrounds, restrooms and bathhouse closed until Phase 2. • All trails are open. • Downhill bike shuttles closed until Phase 2, but private shuttling is allowed at shuttle pickup and drop off spots. Phase 2 tentatively starting June 12 • Camping cabins • Marina, including limited rentals • Playgrounds open • Bathrooms and bathhouse open but limited • Shuttle operating with distancing in seating Tent camping begins with Phase 3, whenever that is. +

... and what about If you are coming to Eureka Springs with the goal to see some big wildlife than you are in luck as Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge is reopening on June 1. Masks will be required if you are aged 3 or above and they will provide masks for those who do not have their own. Tours offered seven days a week at 10 a.m., noon, and 2 p.m. Tours are limited capacity so book online at turpentinecreek. org to reserve your spot. +

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Art isn’t what you see, it’s what you make others see.

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Art Colony, 185 N. Main, www.theartcolonyeurekasprings.com or Facebook, (479) 981-2626. Canvas & Lens Gallery, 1 Center Street, upstairs inside Eureka and Company, (479) 856-3578. Cherokee Mountain Gallery, 5307 US 62E www.mcallistergallery.com, (479) 253-5353. 83 Spring Street, www.83springstreet.com, (479) 253-8310. 85 Spring Street Gallery, www.melshipleysculpture.com, (479) 244-7190. Eureka Fine Art Gallery, 2 Pine St., www.eurekafineartgallery.com, (479) 363-6000. Eurekan Art Studio, 150 N. Main, (479) 253-0928. Fantasy & Stone, 60 Spring, www.FantasyandStone.com and Facebook, (479) 253-5891. Fire Om Earth Art Studio & Retreat Center, 872 Mill Hollow Rd, www.fireomearth.com, (479) 244-6273. Fusion Squared, 84 Spring , www.eurekafusion.com, (479) 253-4999. Iris at the Basin Park, 8 Spring, www.irisatthebasinpark.com, (479) 253-9494. J. Foster Art/Photo Gallery & Studio, 217 N. Main – Unit B, www.jfosterphotography.net, (479) 244-7179. J.A. Nelson Gallery, 37 Spring (upper level), www.janelsongallery.com, (479) 253-4314. Jewel Box, 40 Spring, www.thejewelboxgallery.com, (479) 253-7828. Keels Creek Gallery and Winery, www.keelscreek.com, (479) 253-9463. Lady Bug Emporium, 51 S. Main, www.ladybugemporium.com, (479) 319-3117. Larry Mansker Studio, 711 Mill Hollow Road, www.larrymanskerstudio.com, (479) 253-5751. Mitchell’s Folly, 130 Spring, (479) 253-7030. Mosaic Studio, 123 Spring, www.eurekaspringsartists.com, (479) 244-5981. Muse, 12 S. Main Street Paradise Pottery, 320 CR 210, see Facebook, (479) 253-1547. Phyl Arte Art Studio and Gallery, 164 North Main St., PhyllisPlumleyArt.etsy.com, (480) 2866745. Quicksilver Art / Fine Craft Gallery, 73 Spring, www.quicksilvergallery.com, (479) 253-7679. Regalia Handmade Clothing Studio / Showroom, 16 White Street, regaliahandmadeclothing.com, (479) 253-2202. Roxy’s Upper Room Local Art Expressions, 95 Spring, (479) 981-6205, Facebook. Sacred Art Center, Passion Play grounds, www.greatpassionplay.org, (800) 882-7529. Sacred Earth Gallery, 15845 US 62 W, www.ecr3.com, (479) 253-7644. Serendipity at the Crescent Hotel, www.serendipityatthecrescent.com, (479) 253-2769. Statton Gallery and Madison’s Garden, 137 Spring Street, www.StattonGallery.com, (479) 363-6848, (817) 903-3301. Studio 34, 34 Main St., www.facebook.com/teresapelliccioart/ Studio 62, 335 W. Van Buren (62W), www.studio62.biz, (479) 363-9209. Susan Morrison Gallery, 1221 Hwy. 187, www.susanmorrisongallery.com, appointment only, (479) 253-8788. Sweet Spot Art Gallery, 125 Spring, (479) 981-9111. Teresa Pelliccio Art @ Ragazza di Volo Studio, 34B N. Main, Facebook, appointment only, (479) 253-6807. Treehouse Gift Shop, 165 W. Van Buren, www.treehousecottages.com, (479) 253-8667. Viso Gallery, 63 N. Main, Facebook, (479) 363-4446. Wilson & Wilson Folk Art, 23 Spring, www.wilsonandwilsonfolkart.com, (479) 253-5105. Zarks Fine Design Gallery, 67 Spring, www.zarksgallery.com, (479) 253-2626, (877) 540-9805. + 10

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– Edgar Degas

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This change of life was so unexpected, it took a few deep breaths to get accustomed. We’ve been bragging for years about our independent and exquisite restaurants, and they’re still here – the chefs are here, the food is here, there’s simply a different way of getting it to you. Restaurants are required to allot fewer tables for in-house dining, masks must be worn at the table and by the server, and parties are limited. We thought about this. We would order take-out and go to a pocket park, an overlook, the lake, or a country road where we’d lower the tailgate and chow down. Or we would go back to our room and watch Big Bang Theory reruns while

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How do you want your eggs?

In a cake.

licking our fingers. Or we would make reservations in the restaurant just to experience the new normal. It’s all fun, all possible, all memorable. We promise you, you will still eat well. +


Where to find signatures worthy of being autographs When you get curious enough to ask your questions about art, pop into Iris at the Basin Park and get intelligent answers. Iris has been displaying thoughtfully chosen art for more than 20 years, right where Eureka Springs was founded 141 years ago, at Basin Spring. More than 150 artists have shown at the gallery – some local, some national, and all worthy of the calling. James Dean of Pete the Cat fame usually drops by in the fall, and high school kids get their time and space during the May Festival of the Arts. Iris is as supportive of American artists as Crystal Bridges. Yes, smaller scale and these artists are still alive, but the thought given consignment and procurement is similar. Iris is closed until they open back up, and we all know that is a day-to-day decision. Call (479) 253-9494 to see if you lucked out while you’re here. +

The eyes have it Jody Stephenson’s extensive art education and résumé is like a cap full of feathers, but to discover this artist, look at her art. Then look again. Again. Jody’s Eureka Springs settings of springs, railroad cars, paths, gazebos – capture light as specifically as a Maxfield Parrish. She focuses on the quiet, people-less element of town. The light carries the painting so you know what season and what time of day it is to the moment. Jody’s landscapes take you on a walk, a comfortable stroll where you’re alone but not lost. Her art on your wall at home, especially now, will make you not want to leave. Jody’s husband, Ron Lutz, evokes the

same sense of solitude, but in photographs. Carless bridges, Spring Street full of lights and parked cars but no people, hotels without guests, trains with no passengers. Ron conveys that architecture is like frozen music – notice now, before it’s gone. Ron also handcrafts sycamore, walnut, ash and maple replicas of vintage guitars. Whimsy is involved. Studio 62, Hwy. 62, next to the Bavarian Inn. studio62.biz (479) 363-9209 +

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HOLIDAYISLAND

info@visitholidayisland.com

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Why aren’t you living here?

Holiday Island starts with incredible mountain, lake and valley views. We call it “Paradise,” where more than 2,000 residents and part-time homeowners vacation or get frisky with pre-retirement plans. Homes are custom made, so no two are alike – we offer single family homes with mountain, lake, forest or golf course views, and beautiful condos, duplexes and apartments. Holiday Island has low traffic, low crime, and plenty to do. We’re an hour from Fayetteville, home of the University of Arkansas, and Bentonville, home of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. All four seasons in Northwest Arkansas are stuffed with days that are not too hot, not too cold, they’re just right. Summers are perfect for early morning golf, afternoon boating, and sitting on your deck for happy hour. Holiday Island children attend school in Eureka Springs, which has an excellent statewide reputation and a new high school, and bus service provided by the school district. Eureka Springs High School is ranked top 20 in Arkansas and #14 Best High Schools by US News and World Report in 2020.

Take your iron every day If you like being physically active, Holiday Island offers 18- and 9-hole golf courses and a stunning driving range that will fill your Facebook page with pics and improve your swing. Did someone tell you to take a hike? We have miles of hiking trails, including a gorgeous paved path that’s handicapped accessible. When you get to the end, turn around and by the time you get back you’ve done a mile-and-a-half. We’ve got what you need Food? Butchers, bakers, fresh cooked

rotisserie chicken or fried fish everyday to take home, plenty of potatoes and hot vegetables, all in our full-service grocery store. Time to paint the kitchen or fix the sink? Powell’s is stocked with washers, bolts, patio furniture, tools– you’ll never be a screwdriver short. Need a beauty and barbershop? Beauticians and manicurists know that looking good is not an accident, it’s a preference. Want the whole enchilada? An excellent Mexican restaurant for eat in or take out, and the Clubhouse grill is where to find a happy-egg breakfast or grilled corned beef &

Swiss for lunch. Health isn’t expensive, but neglect is. We have a dentist, eye doctor, physical and occupational therapists and a fully equipped gym. Elks Lodge! Elks care and Elks share, they gather to figure out who needs what and they provide it. Our convenience store is always more fun when you’re with someone who will insist that two scoops is the way to go. You can discuss flavors while your car’s getting an oil change. Banking? If money didn’t grow on trees, banks wouldn’t have branches. The 108-yearold locally owned bank has a branch right across the street from the ice cream cone store… in case you need more. Make the rest of your life the best of your life We stay in good shape with tennis, pickleball and shuffleboard, next to our two swimming pools. If swinging a club, hiking, or casting a line sounds too strenuous, join a bridge, crafting or quilting club. Want to go on a

journey? Travel club! Is it time to express your creative side? HI Art and Photography Guilds welcome new members and showcase exhibits throughout the year. Maybe you’d rather sing like an angel in our Community Choir or act like you mean it in our Drama Club. Both present live performances in the clubhouse. This is just the beginning of things to do, but you won’t know what’s here until you come visit. +

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The annual assessment at Holiday Island is $67 per month. For another $102 per month, you, your spouse and kids can play all the golf they want on 27 holes. For another $15 per month you can take your whole household, parents, grandparents and grandkids, swimming all season! So, for less than $200/mo., you pay for your assessment, including maintenance on 4400 acres and 55 miles of roads, public water and city sewer, and all the golf and swimming you want. This includes a trail sticker for your private golf cart. And how about this? Holiday Island recently won the Northwest Arkansas Best Tasting Water competition. Got a 28-ft. boat you want to have handy for an afternoon trip to Branson? A covered boat stall is $142 a month. +


Blue Spring

Blue Spring has been a resting place for humans for 10,000 years. That’s 100 centuries, but what’s time to a spring? The spring is a large, mystical hole-inthe-rock on a horseshoe-shaped peninsula in Eureka Springs West where the White River expands into Table Rock Lake, seven miles west of Eureka Springs on US62. Its source is yet to be discovered. Before the White River was dammed in five places in the 1950s, the river was the navigable way for pioneers to get pelts, beeswax and bear grease to the Mississippi River and New Orleans. Europeans had a thirst for skins, furs and candles, and early traders competed vigorously for buckskins and other spurious currencies to carve out a living. The term “I’ll pay you eight bucks” signified legal tender among traders, trappers and merchants. bluespringheritage.com (479) 253-9244 +

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The first time I saw Blue Spring it was like being in a cartoon. I was at a wedding, and everyone was paying attention to the two people agreeing to marry each other. But my eyes kept going to the spring, the water, the blue color. It was different. It had nothing to do with what I was supposed to feel because of the wedding, it had to do with something I had never felt before but always wanted to.

~ 83-year-old woman reminiscing in 2010

FUN FACTS

Given the choice between a woman and a cigar always choose the woman with the cigar

The circular summer auditorium in Harmon Park seated 3,500, had inclined seats on each side of a middle aisle to the parquet stage. It was built by W.O. Perkins. Water from Dairy Spring was piped in, dressing rooms were underneath the stage, and it was No Smoking facility due to fire danger. +

Those who got here early had their choice of ways to make a living, including running dairies, distilleries, cane and broom factories, and tomato canning operations. Mrs. Ella Allen made cigars – the Neko sold for a nickel and the Vinita cost a dime. She sold her cigars at the railway station. +

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Sure, you know what a View-Master is. Ever heard of a stereoscope? From 1850 to the 1930s, a wheel, drum and stick device where two photographs of the same object were taken at slightly different angles, then simultaneously viewed in a strange but effective 3-D prism due to left-eye, right-eye focus, was like seeing a picture in stereo. And infinity. Oliver Wendell Homes streamlined the design that lasted for 80 years, but never patented it. Queen Victoria found stereoscopes so enchanting she collected them. +

William Wrigley, Jr., was a regular traveler to Eureka Springs in1902-3. He stayed at the Thach Hotel, Chautaqua House, and even rented a house on Linwood. He loved riding horses through the chinquapin and oaks, and wanted to buy all the land within a 3-mile radius of the city for a public park. The city turned him down, so he bought Catalina Island, California, and invested millions there. + EurekaFun.com

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We are situated on steep hillsides, so we have an abundance of steps. Some of the steps are rugged and crooked, but they all beat the socks off climbing in the mud. In 2015, two Eureka Springs High School Art Club members, Kyla Boardman and Kennedy Cash, were selected for their falling water artwork, and muralist Doug Myerscough combined their work. Volunteers took over with the paint brushes, so now when you walk down the staircase between Spring and Center Sts., the illusion makes you glad you’re wearing a bikini. Like you weren’t already glad about that. +

Somewhere up the RAINBOW...

In case you missed... a Blakeley cover, an episode of Crescent College ladies, or don’t remember where you ate while they sang live opera, we have past issues. Send $8 per Fun Guide to ESI, Box 134, Eureka Springs, AR 72632, and we’ll mail you what you missed. While supplies last. +

EUREKA OR BUST!

MOVIN’ ON

We’ve been called The Magic City, Stairstep Town, Little Switzerland and the town where misfits fit. You can call us a lot of things, but you can’t call us flat. Eureka Springs thrives as an artists’ community, writers’ magnet, religious Mecca, gay and lesbian oasis, individual sports paradise, and euphoria for piscators and epicureans. Whatever your pleasure, we are consistently ranked as one of the best small towns in the country to visit because our steep terrain requires streets to bend like bait worms. Because there is no room for expansion. Because we have caves and springs all over the place. This is an odd time to think about relocation. It’s also perfect. Roses are red, violets are green, we want you here, know what we mean? + 20

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Eureka Springs, like the rest of everywhere, is reopening and that means nightlife is starting to resurrect. Restaurants and bars are offering limited seating with new rules to keep us all healthy and safe. It’s the best we can do, so we’ll do it. Down below is a list of bistros, cafés and elegant joints to visit during your stay. Keep your phone on you, as the hours and rules of restaurants and bars are morphing each week. Call ahead or check out Facebook pages to see what is available. Keep a mask in your pocket, you will need it for entry. + ~ Jeremiah Alvarado

Be sure to call first – the Open rules are changing. Angler’s Restaurant, 14581 US 62W just 3 miles from town. Great food includes catfish – among other grilled or fried fish, burgers, soups and vegetarian options. Wine and craft beers, excellent service and atmosphere. Watch the games and have a cold one. Live music on weekends. See Facebook for specials and music. Open Weds.- Mon. 11 a.m.- 9 p.m. Closed Tues. (479) 253-4004. Opens in March. Aquarius Taqueria, 91 S. Main. Gluten free fare inspired by Mexico’s street food. Locally sourced ingredients, specials, handmade tortillas, Mexican beers, fruit margaritas and 15 types of tequila! Tacos and more with steak, shrimp, pork, chicken, fish, or vegetarian. Menu at Aquarius Taqueria Tequila & Mezcal Bar on Facebook. Dine in or out. Noon-9 p.m. Thurs. and Sun., and 10 p.m. Fri./Sat. (479) 253-6888. Bombadil’s Café, 580 W. Van Buren (62W). Half price bottles of wine on Monday evenings. Gorgeous, healthy fare served Thurs.-Mon. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and 5-9 p.m., Sun. brunch 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Menu at www. bombadilscafe.com, (479) 363-6024. Opens in March. Brews, 2 Pine, corner Spring & Pine. Arkansas craft beers, Arsaga’s coffee, hot teas, wine and savory or sweet small fare. Enjoy pints, flights, and growlers on the patio or by big front windows for crowd watching. See Brews on Facebook for live music, rotating art exhibits. Sun.-Thurs. 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri./ Sat. 8 a.m.-midnight. (479) 244-0878 Cathouse Lounge, 82 Armstrong Street. Famous for Reubens, fish & chips, burgers, and Irish dishes! Full bar, cold beer, lots of parking, and friendly faces.
Smoke free, full menu and live music on Tues., Thurs., Fri. and Sat. Restaurant open 11 a.m.-midnight daily. Kitchen open late. Menu at www.

cathouselounge.com (479) 363-9976 Chelsea’s Corner Cafe, 10 Mountain Street. Large selection of beers, full bar and excellent food. Live music every Fri./Sat. and most weeknights, open mic on Tues. – and Drink and Draw every Weds. at 8 p.m. The Café upstairs has pizza and more. Menu and music calendar at www.chelseascafeeureka.com. Cafe open Sun.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. and Fri./Sat. until 11 p.m. (479)-253-8231. Bar open Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-2 a.m., Sun. until midnight. (479) 253-6723. Cottage Inn, US 62W (the quiet side of town) Mediterranean comfort-shrimp, salmon, filet, duck, divine sauces from world-traveling longtime chef Linda Hager. Excellent wines. Check her website, www.cottageinneurekaspgs.com for special wine dinners. (479) 253-5282. Opens Valentine’s Day. Ermilio’s, 26 White St., Italian home cooking in a historic district home on top of the town. Exceptional consistently award-winning food, old family recipes, it’s like eating at grandma’s except there’s always a line – plenty of wine and lively conversation. Nightly specials. (479) 253-8806. Eureka Springs Brewery is like an Arkansas diamond – not on the beaten path but worth finding. Get on US62 and head east, then after the ECHO Clinic watch for an abandoned Ramada Inn that looks like an abandoned Ramada Inn, and turn right. The brewery releases small batch craft beer every Thursday, serves local wine, you can take your kids and your dog, play disc golf and BYO food. (479) 363-6066. Grand Taverne in the Grand Central Hotel on N. Main. Elegant, upscale, delicious, from fried green tomatoes to grilled Maine lobster. Open for lunch and dinner. (479) 253-6756 Grotto Wood-Fired Grill & Wine Cave, 10 Center. Elegant, inviting atmosphere. Wine on

tap and select from around the world. Classic cocktails with a fresh spin. Grill features appetizers, entrees and desserts. Weds., Thurs., Sun. 5 – 9 p.m., Fri., Sat. 5 – 11 p.m. Facebook or www.grottoeureka.com. (479) 363-6431 Jack Rabbett’s Whisky Bar, Basin Park Hotel, 12 Spring Street. Located on the second floor of the 1905 Basin Park Hotel. Cocktails, craft beer, bar food, spacious interior, and two pool tables. Legends Saloon, 105 E. Van Buren. Fullservice bar/restaurant. Great food w/frequent specials, full bar and DJ Karaoke on Fri., live music on Sat. (and a large dance floor!). Great for large parties, plenty of parking. Texas Hold ‘Em on Sun. plus Tues. poker and pool tournaments. Open Mon.- Fri. 1 p.m.- 2 a.m., Sat. 11 p.m.- 2 a.m., Sun. 11 a.m.- midnight. (479) 253-2500. Local Flavor, 71 S Main, a favorite of ours. Consistently excellent food, wine and cocktails, dine inside or out. Lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. Steaks, chicken, vegetarian, Italian, be sure to have at least one meal here. Each. (479) 253-9522. Midtown – 184 N. Main. Beer, wine, pool table, table games, air hockey. Sometimes a movie, and on Hunter Thompson’s birthday if you wore a Hawaiian shirt you got a dollar off a beer, so it comes highly recommended. Kid and pet friendly. (479) 239-2052. Missy’s White Rabbit Lounge, On the Rainbow Stairs, 19 ½ Spring St. Live music, karaoke, and open mic nights. Full bar and fantastic menu. (479) 265-7100 Nyx Café Restaurant and Bar, 85 S. Main. Eclectic American Fusion cuisine with unique Nyx Hot Rox™, your choice of steaks or fish delivered to your table sizzling. Gourmet burgers and dogs. Full bar and classic cocktails, craft beers and domestic or imported wine and Jones Sodas. See Facebook. (479) 363-6856. EurekaFun.com

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Rockin’ Pig Saloon, 2039 E. Van Buren (US 62), in Gaskins Switch mall. Barbeque, ribs, steaks, salads and sandwiches. You’ll find 22 beers on tap and a fully stocked bar. Biker friendly and non-smoking; kids welcome. Open daily until 9 p.m. and until 10 p.m. on Fri./Sat. See www.rockinpigsaloon.com, (479) 363-6248. Rogue’s Manor, 124 Spring Street. Rogue’s Manor at Sweet Spring is a fine dining restaurant and lounge in the downtown Historic District with romantic overnight rooms for couples. Full menu and extensive bar. Seating from 5-9 p.m. Weds.-Sun., lounge open 3-9 p.m. Menu at www.roguesmanor. com, (479) 253-4911. Sparky’s Roadhouse Café, US 62E. An eclectic menu of American and international fare paired with one or more of 25 beers on tap can’t go wrong. Eat indoors or on large deck or covered outdoor patio. Extensive menu includes creative burgers and baskets, gyros, vegetarian options and daily specials. Tues.Thurs. 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri./Sat. until 9 p.m. (479) 253-6001 +

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Advertisement for Charles Wilson Calohan’s first photography studio in 1875

Posters for the New Orleans Exposition 1884 - 1885

Picturing the Calohans of Eureka Springs

The back of one of the Calohan Brothers stereographs from Eureka Springs, c. 1884

Rebecca J. Becker Marguerite Lillian Calohan was born Nov. 20, 1888, in Eureka Springs, and the town already owed a great deal to her family! Her uncle Charles “Charley” Wilson Calohan and her father, George Ramsey Calohan, moved here from Ohio in the early 1880s and opened Calohan Brothers photography studio. Charley had opened his first studio in Gallipolis, Ohio, in 1876, when he was barely out of his teens. Charley suffered from ill health most of his life, but his spirit was indomitable and optimism boundless. He wasn’t the only artist in the family. His sister, Lily, had studied at the School of Design in Cincinnati in 1880. Lily, Charley, George and their brother, Leet, must have been among the very first to hear of the miracle cures and beauty in Eureka Springs. The siblings and the town even gathered national attention: The Weekly Register [Point Pleasant, West Virginia] 05 November 1884: “Several years ago an Arkansas physician accidentally discovered that a spring of water could cure sore eyes, and today a town of 2,000 inhabitants, with hotel facilities, has grown around it called Eureka Springs. Miss Lillie Calohan is there teaching artwork, Charley and George Calohan have become stereoscopic artists, and Leet Calohan, with sore eyes for ten years is getting well with the use of the water. Right in the town are iron and sulphur, and almost every kind of medicinal springs known.” The brothers helped spread Eureka Springs’ fame when in 1884 – 1885, the World’s Fair in New Orleans showcased work of photographers from nearly every state in the union. For Arkansas, fair organizers chose to display the Calohan Brothers’ views of Eureka Springs! 22

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Restored image of one of the Calohan Brothers stereographs, (showing future location of the Carnegie Public Library) on Spring Street in Eureka Springs

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Charley died in 1885 at age 30, after which George took an extended trip to Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming, before returning to Eureka Springs. Five months later, he married Caroline “Carrie” Priscilla Browne. George was 29, Carrie 24. Her family were Eureka Springs locals, and for many years Carrie was involved with the Christian Science Church. George changed the studio’s name to Geo. R. Calohan, Photography, and set about documenting the town’s growth. He captured views of the Crescent Hotel just after it was built. He took pictures of dozens of springs, memorialized performances at the summer Auditorium, and documented fishing expeditions. A few months ago, I acquired a large collection of Calohan stereographs. Most were in dreadful condition, but because of their dual nature, stereographs can be restored to a surprising degree. Two years after George and Carrie were married, their first child, Marguerite Lillian Calohan, was born. In 1893, a son, George Burdette Calohan, completed the family. George Ramsey Calohan wasn’t quite able to support the family solely from photography, and supplemented his income by working on the railroad, and, later, by managing The Antlers Hotel. When the doors of Crescent College opened in 1908, 19-year-old Marguerite enrolled, and remained until she graduated. Her original ambition had been to become a concert player, but classmates thought her shining intelligence, patience, clarity, wisdom and diligence suited her for a different profession entirely. In her second year at Crescent College, the quote they chose to accompany her portrait was, “She is Knowledge personified.” That year she was President of the Junior Class, and her fellow juniors wrote a poem in her honor: Dignified, almost alarming, Dangerous in a studious way; Maid of Arkansas, you’re charming, So all say – of Marguerite. In her senior year she was class secretary and literary editor of the yearbook. In 1911, Marguerite’s classmate Ida Loftus wrote: “Through my window I see an air-ship approaching. It stops and I wait breathless to see who is on board. To my surprise, I see Miss Marguerite Calohan. ‘Oh, you dear thing!’ I heard her exclaiming. ‘to think that you would come to see me first of all!’ But school days and chums have a greater fascination than anything else. Miss Calohan has just returned from Vassar, where she had been teacher for five years.” When Crescent College closed for a few years in the 1920s, Marguerite and her family moved to St. Louis. By 1933, in the midst of the Great Depression, they purchased a home at 1 Parkland Place, large enough to rent rooms to lodgers. Marguerite became a nurse, and for decades was an active member and corresponding secretary for the Chamberlain Park Circle in St. Louis. This group often met at Marguerite’s home, and at each meeting guest speakers spoke on topics as wideranging as Parliamentary Procedure, African Violets and the Missouri Constitution. Marguerite also kept up the musical training she’d received at Crescent College, performing throughout her years in St. Louis. Marguerite’s father died in 1933 and is buried in Eureka Springs. Ten years later, her brother and mother died within days of each other, and they, too, were buried in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. Marguerite put the Parkland Place home on the market in 1958. Three years later, she died at age 73. Marguerite Calohan, who spent three years at Crescent College and returned years later as a teacher, whose family

Calohan Cottage, one-time home and sometimes rental of Marguerite Calohan’s family

Marguerite Calohan’s high school graduation photograph. The Antlers Hotel, which Marguerite’s father managed in 1910

Marguerite in 1908 – 1909, first year at Crescent College.

Marguerite as a member of the faculty of Crescent College, 1921

Marguerite’s graduation photograph from Crescent College, 1911

1 Parkland Place in St. Louis, where the Calohan family lived when they moved from Eureka Springs

provided us with stunning, precious views of Eureka Springs in its earliest days, is buried in the local I.O.O.F. cemetery in an unmarked grave. I’d like to raise money to establish a marker or a headstone to acknowledge Marguerite’s resting place. Marguerite’s only living relative, a great-grand-nephew, has given permission for Marguerite to get proper recognition at last. The price of a flat marker, installed, is $495, and a standard upright in grey granite is $1495 lettered and set in

the cemetery. You can get in touch with me at rebecca@ crescentcollegehistory.org. Many thanks to Rick Calohan for his generosity in contributing photographs and giving permission to go ahead with the Marguerite Calohan gravestone project. Special thanks to Gloria Stevens, whose knowledge, love and care for all who rest in our cemetery is an example to us all. And boundless gratitude to Robert L. Meeks, who started me on the journey to find Marguerite and her remarkable family. +

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