Eureka is greek and means "I have found it". But when Dr Alvah Jackson found the springs with healing water in the mountains of northwest Arkansas, he was not the one to discover it. The waters healing powers had been known by Native American tribes for centuries. According to legend a blind indian princess got her eye sight back from bathing her eyes in the water. Also Jackson's son was healed from his eye ailment in 1856 and from then jackson bottled as medicine. During the civil war it was used at Dr. Jackson's Cave Hospital and post war it was sold under the name "Dr. Jackson's eye water".
In 1879 Eureka Springs' magic water became famous state wide when a friend of Dr. Jackson, Judge J. B. Saunders, was cured from his crippling disease by the water. All of a sudden people were coming from all over to be healed and a village of tents and shafts was built up in a hurry. On July 4th the same year, Eureka Springs was officially founded. The population late that year reached 10 000 and in 1881 it was the fourth largest City in Arkansas.

City Officials

Position	Name
Mayor	Robert "Butch" Berry
Clerk/Treasurer	Ida Meyer
Assistant To Mayor	Kim Stryker
District Judge	Dale Ramsey
City Attorney	Forrest Jacobi
Police Chief	Billy Floyd
Fire Chief	Gary Inman
Director Of Public Works	Simon Wiley
Parks, Recreation Director	Sam Dudley
Council Member	David Avanzino
Council Member	Steve Holifield
Council Member	Terry McClung
Council Member	Harold "Harry" Meyer
Council Member	Autumn Slane
Finance Director	Michael Akins
Human Resources Director	Jerry King