Basin Spring Park

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#666666" TEXT="#080000" background="001b85a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Landmarks</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Landmarks"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Landmarks">Landmarks</A>   |   <A HREF="museum.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Museum">Museum</A>   |   <A HREF="bank_of_eureka_springs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bank of Eureka Springs">Bank of Eureka Springs</A>   |   <A HREF="bank_of_es_community_hall.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bank of ES Community Hall">Bank of ES Community Hall</A>   |   <A HREF="courthouse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Courthouse">Courthouse</A>   |   <A HREF="cunningham_bldg.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cunningham Bldg">Cunningham Bldg</A>   |   <A HREF="chandler_mall_building.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chandler Mall Building">Chandler Mall Building</A>   |   <A HREF="mud_street_underground.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mud Street Underground">Mud Street Underground</A>   |   <A HREF="excavation_site.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Excavation Site">Excavation Site</A>   |   <A HREF="southern_hotel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southern Hotel">Southern Hotel</A>   |   <A HREF="stone_walls.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stone Walls">Stone Walls</A>   |   <B>Basin Spring Park</B>   |   <A HREF="basin_park_hotel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Basin Park Hotel">Basin Park Hotel</A>   |   <A HREF="citizenfirst_national_banks.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Citizen/First National Banks">Citizen/First National Banks</A>   |   <A HREF="clark_and_klock_building.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clark and Klock Building">Clark and Klock Building</A>   |   <A HREF="sweet_spring_hotel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sweet Spring Hotel">Sweet Spring Hotel</A>   |   <A HREF="sweet_spring.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sweet Spring">Sweet Spring</A>   |   <A HREF="harding_spring.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Harding Spring">Harding Spring</A>   |   <A HREF="carnegie_library.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Carnegie Library">Carnegie Library</A>   |   <A HREF="crescent_spring.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Crescent Spring">Crescent Spring</A>   |   <A HREF="crescent_hotel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Crescent Hotel">Crescent Hotel</A>   |   <A HREF="rock_house.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rock House">Rock House</A>   |   <A HREF="basin_bath_house.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Basin Bath House">Basin Bath House</A>   |   <A HREF="fo_butt.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="F.O. 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