Editing Mammoth Spring, Arkansas (section)

==History==
The original village site was established in Missouri, near what was called the Harry Turnstall spring, now known as “Old Town.”<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zeigler |first=Wes |date=May 24, 1987 |title=Mammoth Spring: A Little Town with Lot of History |work=Arkansas Democrat Magazine |pages=8–11}}</ref> Despite homesteading efforts by early settlers in the region, the spring was divided into multiple plots. It wasn’t until the arrival of the [[St. Louis–San Francisco Railway|Frisco Railroad]] in 1883, which extended its track from [[Springfield, Missouri]], to [[Memphis, Tennessee]], and established a station and depot between the spring and the [[Spring River (Arkansas)|Spring River]], that the town shifted to the Arkansas side of the river.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=January 17, 2025 |title=NRHPR nomination for Mammoth Spring Dam and Lake |url=https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/FU0083-pdf |website=Arkansas Historic Preservation Program}}</ref>

In 1890, Mammoth Spring was promoted to Memphis investors as an excellent site for construction of major manufacturing operations.<ref name="plans">''The Future Fall River: Unequaled Water Power at Mammoth Springs, Ark: Two Mills in Active Operation and Water Rights for Others Applied for-Memphis Investments.'' Memphis Avalanche, February 23, 1890, Page 3.</ref> At that time the town was home to an upscale resort hotel, ''The Nettleton'', said to rival other hotels in [[Eureka Springs, Arkansas]].<ref name="plans" /> ''The Nettleton'' was built by Memphis millionaire [[Napoleon Hill (Memphis businessman)|Napoleon Hill]] and operated from 1899 to 1932, when it was destroyed by fire.<ref>[https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/exhibits-online-postcards/60/ Nettleton Hotel in Mammoth Spring]. Arkansas Digital Archive.</ref> In 1927, Mammoth Spring became the first town in the region to have electricity, powered by the dams constructed by the Mammoth Spring Improvement Company.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Simers |first=Sarah |date=June 16, 2023 |title=Mammoth Spring (Fulton County) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/mammoth-spring-fulton-county-885/ |access-date=January 17, 2025 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas}}</ref>

In 1968, the Frisco Railroad discontinued passenger service altogether and the train depot was converted into a museum, an extension of [[Mammoth Spring State Park]]. The depot was restored in 1971 and listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1992.<ref name=":0" />

[[File:Mammoth Spring 010.jpg|thumb|Mammoth Spring in 2009]]