Blue Spring Heritage Center

Blue Spring is the largest spring in Northwest Arkansas, pumping 38 million gallons of pure water into the White River daily. In March of 1839, Blue Spring was a stopover on the Trail of Tears for the Cherokee people on their march from Echoto, Georgia to Oklahoma. In the mid 1840's Blue Spring Mill was built, however it burned during the Civil War and was replaced in 1903 by a new mill which was a combination of a saw, grist and flour mill. It was removed in 1943, but the turbin still remains. Divers are currently exploring the cave to see where is comes from....the fissure is only 3 feet wide and an estimated 500 feet deep. To date a cave system and a small room have been discovered.