Antique c1900 EUREKA SPRINGS ARKANSAS Basin Spring Park Hotel Souvenir Plate

Description

Basin Spring, Eureka Springs, AR
Souvenir Plate
"Basin Spring Park, the legendary Indian healing spring known to Native Americans, early pioneer settlers, and used for hundreds of years is the heart of Eureka Springs.
The first crowds of health seekers encamped here in 1879. Drawn by the promise of miraculous cures, the city was named on this sited July 4, 1879. The first town site survey was platted with the spring and surrounding reservation of protected land as its centerpiece. In 1890, the Eureka Springs Board of Public Affairs created a formal setting for the spring with limestone walls, fountains, and walks."
This early RARE souvenir plate shows the Basin Spring with its original wooden Gazebo, before it was removed and the bandstand was erected in 1921. It also shows the Basin Spring before the Historic Basin Hotel was erected in 1905.
Size: 7.5 inches diameter
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