Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Eureka Springs is a city in Carroll County, Arkansas, and one of two county seats for the county. It is a tourist destination for its unique character as a Victorian resort village. The Opera Point was founded in the Ozarks in 1950 to present an annual opera festival.
About Eureka Springs, Arkansas in brief
Eureka Springs is a city in Carroll County, Arkansas, and one of two county seats for the county. It is a tourist destination for its unique character as a Victorian resort village. The city has steep winding streets filled with Victorian-style cottages and manors. The streets wind around the town, and no two intersect at a 90 degree angle; there are no traffic lights. The entire city is on the National Register of Historic Places as the Eureka Spring Historic District. The only bank robbery to occur in the city was on September 27, 1922, when outlaws from Oklahoma tried to rob the First National Bank. The Opera Point was founded in the Ozarks in 1950 to present an annual opera festival. The Great Passion Play is performed from May through October by a cast of 170 actors and dozens of live animals. It has been estimated by an estimated 7 million people that it has been seen by 7 million to 7.5 million people in the summer of 2013. It was named one of America’s Distinctive Destinations by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Crescent Hotel was built in 1886 and the Basin Park Hotel in 1905. The New Orleans Hotel and Spa was built along Spring Street and is now operating as an all-suite hotel full of Victorian furniture and art.
The Ozarka Water Company was later formed in EureKA Springs in 1905, and it is now closed. In 1881, E Aureka Springs enjoyed the status of Arkansas’s fourth-largest city, and by 1889 it had become the second largest city, behind Little Rock. In the late 19th century, the city expanded from a rural spa village to a flourishing city, spa and tourist destination. It became known for gracious living and a wealthy lifestyle. In 1950, the Opera Point organization was founded to present a summer opera festival in the town. The opera festival continues to this day and has been performed by dozens of actors and live animals from May to October each year. The festival is held in the nearby town of Emmet and nearby nearby Sullivan and nearby Sullivan Lake. The town has a population of 2,073, and as of the 2010 census, it has a total population of 1,856. The largest city in the county is Carroll, which has an estimated population of 3,788, and the largest county seat is Springdale, which is home to about 1,800. The population of Carroll County is 1,938, and Eurekas Springs has a little more than 1,000. The county seat of Springdale is Eureksa, Arkansas. The first recorded European settlement in the area was in 17th century.
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