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Heber, circa 1908: What became Heber Springs in 1910 was simply Heber before, named for Dr. Heber Jones of Memphis who was responsible for bringing the area’s springs to prominence. The depot was built by the M&NA (Missouri and North Arkansas) railroad.
While travelers may have welcomed Korean country inns as a sanctuary from tigers, wolves and the elements, they were not a sanctuary from other predations. Scattered amongst the articles published in newspapers and magazines from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are accounts of robberies and murders that took place in lonely inns. Fortunately, foreigners were rarely victims of these violent attacks, but they, along with the other patrons of the inn, had to contend with the most notorious offenders: bedbugs.