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Encyclopedia Britannica



EUREKA SPRINGS

This article appears in Volume V09, Page 901 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: EUD-FAT
EUREKA SPRINGS , a city and
health
  resort, one of the countyseatsBerryville being the otherof
Carroll
  county, in the extreme north-western
part
  of Arkansas, U.S.A., in the Ozarkuplift, "Soo ft. above the sea-level. Pop. (1890) 3706; (1900) 3572 (142 of negro descent); (191o) 3228. There is a transient population of thousands of visitors during the year. The city is built picturesquely on the sides of a gulch, down which runs the Missouri & North Arkansas railway. A creek running through the city empties into the White river, only a few miles distant. The surrounding country varies in character from mountains to
rolling
  prairie. The encircling hills are laden with a covering of pine. The normal mean temperature for the year is about 59 F. (42 F. in winter, 61 F. in
spring
 , 75 F. in summer, and 58 F. in autumn); the
average
  rainfall, about 33 in. The atmosphere is dry and clear. Apart from its share in the agricultural interests of the surrounding region,devoted mainly to Indian corn, small grains and fruits,the entire
economy
  of Eureka Springs centres in its medicinal springs, more than
forty
  of which, lying within the corporate limits, are held in trust by the city for the free use of the public. The temperature of the springs varies from about 57 F. to 64 F.. Each gallon of their waters contains about 28.5 cub. in. of gaseous matter and from 6 to 9 grains of solids held in solution. The city waterworks are owned by the municipality. The springs have been exploited since 1879, when the first
settlement
  was made_ The city was chartered in 1880.


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