Martini Wake

This past Wednesday morning, good friend and helper of many things to do with Eureka Gras, Bob Kramer passed on.  We had a Martini Wake for him at the Rowdy B.

s'Bout Time

Yep, bout time I started writing a book on Eureka Gras!  Have bout 99 pages under belt and still blowin and goin.

KATRINA --- Finished for publication

Ah! -- Another Book in the hopper! ---

Just completed for publishing with Amazon my biggest book yet ---

Katrina: Survival and Revival ---

I dare ya to buy it ---

Katrina Book in the burner

Well, after almost six years, finally, I am in a mood to do the Book that I have regarded as "not in my lifetime"

So far, I have about 150 pages to the good

Anyone out there care to do the review?

Bay St Louis Book Review

I wish to thank Charles Templeton for his review on one of my books.

The esoteric histories being researched and printed are not only interesting but entertaining and Dan Ellis has become a master of this genre. I thoroughly enjoyed my read and plan to to read all of Dan's books about this area and about Eureka Springs, AR. Dan has certainly done his research on a micro level, using interviews with locals, court documents, and the earliest records he could obtain. Dan engages the reader with his history and provides maps, drawings and pictures to make you feel a part of a unique historical environment. Those who love early architecture as a geographical indicator of cultural relevance will be enthralled by his discussion of the earliest churches in the area. Whether you are from the area, plan on visiting the area, or just plain love history, then this book is a must read.

Review on Romancing Eureka

Received below Review today --- Thanks, Conrad 5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely town, loving look back, June 14, 2011 By Conrad Brown "Captain" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME) This review is from: Romancing Eureka: We Found It ! (Paperback) I love this book. Many books, pamphlets, brochures and articles have been written about Eureka Springs since it founding in 1880. It was then a mecca for people searching for miraculous cures for the common ailments of the day. Romancing Eureka pulls it all together with a charming story of two sisters in 1905 visiting the town for the first time and by chance encounter with a handsome, witty, extremely courteous and wealthy gentlemen, are whisked around town and it's outlying attractions in the grand style. Much of what the girls encounter it present there today. Following the first world war, reliance on natural "cures" from drinking some particular water or bathing in some smelly mud fell out of favor due to the advances in medicine of the day, no matter how crude they appear today. Eureka Springs, as a spa fell on hard times. The population fell back to a few hundred from the thousands who previously sought to live there. Many of the buildings thrown up in the beginning had been lost to fires and by the early 1930's those that remained were salvaged and the building materials shipped off to more prosperous cities and towns. This was not a bad things. The lack of "progress" kept the town pretty much as it had always been, so much so that the whole town in on the Register of Historic Places! Today however, Eureka has become a touristy place, hundreds of B&B's, guest houses and "attractions" designed to relieve the traveler of their burdensome extra cash. It is still a neat place to visit, like New Orleans French Quarter, or Key West's Duval Street, but don't expect antiquity except as interpreted by the merchants of the town. I love the book for the happy memories it brings back to me, a former resident of the town. http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B004803MNU

Welcome Home, Dan Ellis

Arrived back from New Orleans and Gulf Coast having gained 8 pounds but mastered a bunch of fun and vittles. I set myself back down to writing