Perched high on a crest of the Ozark Mountains, the four-story Crescent Hotel stands like a storybook castle. The Frisco Railroad and the Eureka Springs Improvement Company joined forces to build the “Grand Old Lady of the Ozarks.” James G. Blaine, the 1884 Republican presidential nominee, and his wife, Laura, attended the ball at the hotel’s opening in 1886. The hotel presently offers 72 rooms and four cottages, set amid 15 acres of manicured gardens and lovely woods laced with hiking
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