ESI Staff
May 2017: Back to its former glory
A re-dedication for the Doughboy in Basin Park was held on May 24 after Norton Arts, through a grant form the Department of Arkansas...
June 2017: Filling town with music
Eureka Springs had a busy Blues Weekend with schedules packed all around town including at Chelsea’s, Basin Park Hotel, Turpentine Creek and Event Eureka....
June 2017: How late can you stay up?
The Eureka Springs Carnegie Library every year hosts the Library Lock-in as part of its Summer Reading Program. In June 17 kids participated with...
July 2017: A little rain won’t stop a patriotic display
The concession stand and dugouts at July Leatherwood Ballfields quickly became shelter during the Parks 4th of July fireworks show as a thunderstorm rolled...
July 2017: Pedals, gears, and wheels
Bikers pedal hard up Spring Street during the Fat Tire Festival Cross Country race, which began in Basin Park and wound its way to...
August 2017: Going to need a bigger seatbelt for him
The Independent office got a surprise in August as Stephen Feilbach, known as The Gnome Guy, brought a big Bigfoot he made for Bigfoot...
It’s a little early to get this dark right?
Eurekans braved the heat to watch a solar eclipse in mid-August. Pictured is Ahnnaleigh Lawson looking up at the eclipse through her special glasses....
September 2017: Historic home damaged
The fire at 1881 Crescent Cottage Inn, owned by Ray and Elise Dilfield, came as a shock in September. It took 33 firefighters from...
October 2017: JINKIES!
(L.-r.) Shaggy, Scooby-Doo, Scrappy-Doo, Daphne, Fred, and Velma posed for a photo on Halloween as they made their way down to White Street to...
November 2017: For those who are with us and those who are not
A battlefield cross was set up by American Legion Post #9 on Veteran’s Day in front of the Pied Piper to honor POWs-MIA, fallen...