Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-10-31
DESCRIPTION Of Eureka springs,

ED. GRAPHIC AS / have not seen
our city represented l thought would
write you partial description OF our
beautiful health resort. To begin with
ours IS very rough rugged mountain
Gus region in fact part of the Ozark
range, but very picturesque and beau
tiful. Our mountains abound in
springs fraught with health-giving pow
ers and minerals of various sorts. We
can boast of a marble quarry equal to
any in the middle or western states. 1t
has been tested and its worth proven,
all that is now needed is capital to
work the quarry and market the mar
BILE. There has been considerable
prospecting done here and one mine
was opened, but it caved in and the
prospectors had not the means to re-
open and would not give the authority
to another, and it remains unworked.
There has been silver, zinc and lead
found here and the place will yet be
valuable for its hidden treasures. It
is rumored that mine being worked
during the war had to be closed and
has not since been reopened, is hidden
in these mountains, but that is only
rumor
Il Twill now endeavor to describe some
t of the most prominent springs and give
, their curative powers. First comes the
, Basin, beautiful stream of water,
2 sometimes larger than mans body
Y flowing down the mountain side fol
r some hundred feet. leaping and dance
ing over the projecting points of rock
IS falling into large natural Basin wher'
u thousands come drink of the Water o
e Life (for it has proved to be such t.
.e many) all around on either side is GOV
d cred with bushes, grass, moss an
n ferns, and in the back ground are tower
ing cliffs and majestic pines. A lovel
6 place is tie Fountain of Life 0
e the lett is the Southern hotel, with
"a stairway of some hundred and fit
&c steps to reach its cool pleasant gale
air les. A romantic as well as pleasal
nc and healthy summer resort. On ii
no right is the magnificent Perry HOUSE
- built in true St. Louis style and furnisl
40 ed and run on the same style.
:. front OF the Basin stands the Office
81 Mr.. John Tibbs, our genial wat
"a shipper. Then comes the P. O., ar
- many nice buildings worthy of desert
ton. The Basin is noted for its pow
1 to cure sore eyes, rheumatism, neur:
49, gia, kidney trouble, cancer and blot
49,, diseases and many more too numero
80 to mention. Next in importance com
a the Hardin Spring, it flows from VIII
= seems to be solid wall of rock
~ about twenty feet in height it flo'
strong enough to furnish and run
bath house, besides a constant dra
S by water carriers. 1t is said to Gu
II nervous affections, kidney troub
'A rheumatism and numerous other d
'no eases. Next comes the Crescent spri
W which also comes out from solid 70
'eu it has nice shed with nice comic
VI able seats, for the tired to rest. 1t
AZ about the same as Hardin. TIL
un' comes Magnetic (which while not
pu. large as those named is very beautif
iau and said to be better for skin disea
'.iS nervous troubles and dyspepsia tn
ue. any other water. The Dairie Spri
iii. is very pretty and is said to be bet
1"u for cancers. The Oil spring is Sol
my half mile west from the basin in all
'iie native beauty, it comes out at the fl
'n l of the towering mountain and flo
Tax down. the canyon. The tall stat
pay pines look as if they had stood for CT
'uef turtles. This spring is said to CT
'he consumption. which 1 believe it will
ai' if it is used properly in the first stas
cu'' of the disease. Then comes a Re
on House where the family have be
en' living for the last four years, this no,
ou' is where the cliff projects beyond
you bluff, leaving a natural house of N
uiy rooms, with natural rock, partitio
'he floor and roof, the water comes in so
Gil when there is heavy rains but WI
dry they live quite pleasantly. Thu
Aiiu is many other springs among whicI
VIC will describe but one, the Arse
ing snrings which comes ou, in . niche
the mountains where the walls
some hundred and fifty feet almost p
Al