Carroll Co., AR - Biographies - W. E. Beatty

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W. E. Beatty, proprietor of the Southern Hotel, of Eureka Springs, was 
born in Ohio on October 28, 1849, and is a son of John and Delilah 
(Beery) Beatty, the former of Scotch-Irish and the latter of German 
extraction. The father and mother were born in 1810 and 1812, 
respectively, and now reside in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The father has 
been a merchant, but since about 1876 has been retired from business. 
W. E. Beatty was taken by his parents to Iowa when he was eight years 
of age, and he remained there with them until he was sixteen years of 
age, when he left home. Since then he has been on the frontier the 
greater part of his time, engaged in general trading, mining and 
railroad contracting. Until coming to Eureka Springs he never remained 
long in a place. He came to Eureka Springs in quest of health, and 
being pleased with the place has remained here. His hotel, which is 
situated in a most commanding place at the Basin Springs, was built in 
1880 by L. M. Rainey, of Springfield, Mo. I was operated by leasehold 
proprietors with good success until the fall of 1886, when Mr. Beatty 
purchased the whole property. In the fall of 1888 he remodeled the 
building, and refurnished it with water and gas and all the modern 
improvements. Prior to purchasing the hotel he had it leased, and it 
has been under his proprietorship since November, 1885. during which 
time it has gained a wide reputation for accommodation to families 
seeking relief from ill health, from the heat of a summer's sun in the 
South, or a winter's freeze in the North, and also as headquarters for 
commercial travelers. Mr. Beatty is an exemplary man in his moral 
character.