Civil War Healing - Eureka Springs, Ar.
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N 36° 24.079 W 093° 44.292
15S E 433805 N 4028714
This marker is in front of 23 S Main in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Waymark Code: WMKK0T
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/23/2014
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This marker is in front of 23 S Main. The marker text reads:
Civil War Healing
The Eureka Springs area's reputation as a health resort has its origins in the Civil War. Late 19th-century accounts claim Dr. Alvah Jackson treated sick and wounded soldiers during the war. In early 1865, Maj. J. W. Cooper, who led Confederate troops in the Indian Territory, came to Carroll Co. with four comrades seeking Jackson's aid to recover from the effects of hard service. They holed up in the "rock house" near the area's abundant springs and recuperated. Cooper and his companions returned for a reunion with Jackson at the springs in 1880.
Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission
Carroll County Historical and Genealogical Society
Arkansas Humanities Council
Preserve America, National Park Service, Department of the Interior
No. 18 2011
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Additional Parking: N 36° 24.055 W 093° 44.318
History of Marker: Not listed
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