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===20th century=== The Ozarka Water Company was formed in Eureka Springs in 1905. [[Carrie Nation]] moved there toward the end of her life, founding Hatchet Hall on Steele Street. The building was later operated as a museum, but is now closed. The only bank robbery to occur in Eureka Springs was on September 27, 1922, when five outlaws from [[Oklahoma]] tried to rob the First National Bank. Three of the men were killed and the other two wounded. Today it is reenacted every year during the antique car parade which is NW Arkansas' longest running car show and was started by Bobby Ball and Frank Green. In 2018 it celebrated its 48th year. Economic decline, [[racial segregation]] and discrimination, [[Ku Klux Klan|Klan]] activities, and collapse of tourism during [[World War I]] resulted in a slow decline of the African-American community through the 1920s and 1930s. The AME church disbanded in 1925. Mattie, Alice, and Richard Banks, descendants of the African-American Fancher family, which had long been associated with the city, continued to reside there until their deaths in 1966, 1969, and 1975, respectively.<ref name=":0" /> [[Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point]] was founded in 1950. The organization continues to present an annual summer opera festival in Eureka Springs. In 1964, [[Gerald L.K. Smith]] began building a religious theme park named Sacred Projects that was proposed to include a life size recreation of [[Jerusalem]]. The project never fully developed but two of the components are major city-defining projects today—the seven-story [[Christ of the Ozarks]] statue designed by [[Emmet Sullivan (sculptor)|Emmet Sullivan]] and the nearby ''The Great Passion Play'' performed during the summer. It is regularly performed from May through October by a cast of 170 actors and dozens of live animals.<ref name=play>[http://www.greatpassionplay.com/ "The Great Passion Play."] ''www.greatpassionplay.com.'' Retrieved March 28, 2016.</ref> The script of ''The Great Passion Play'' has been altered from the original, which set Jesus's beating at Herod's court and included a monologue [[Antisemitism|blaming his death on the Jews]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Thompson|first=Brock|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/868580676|title=The un-natural state : Arkansas and the queer South|date=2010|isbn=978-1-61075-443-9|location=Fayetteville|oclc=868580676}}</ref> It has been seen by an estimated 7.7 million people, which makes it the largest-attended outdoor drama in the United States, according to the Institute of Outdoor Theatre of the [[University of East Carolina]] at Greenville, North Carolina.<ref name=play/> Christian-themed attractions have been added in association with the drama production. These include a New Holy Land Tour, featuring a full-scale re-creation of the [[Tabernacle]] in the Wilderness; a section of the [[Berlin Wall]]; and a Bible Museum featuring more than 6,000 Bibles. (Items include an original 1611 King James Bible, a leaf from a [[Gutenberg Bible]], and the only Bible signed by all of the original founders of the [[Gideons]].) Isolation and affordable property made Eureka Springs an attractive [[Back-to-the-land movement|back-to-the-land]] destination for [[hippie]]s, [[counterculture]] radicals, and [[Lesbian separatism|lesbian separatists]] in the late 1960s and 1970s. While first facing resistance from many locals, as businesses were established and increased tourism, so did mutual respect. The accepting environment fostered a network of gay and lesbian business owners, and the town became known as a resort town for [[LGBT tourism]]. During the [[AIDS crisis]], community members formed the Ozark AIDS Resources and Service to distribute [[Mutual aid (organization theory)|mutual aid]] and care. Eureka Springs suffered stronger impacts than other parts of the state, and the community lost many leaders and establishments.<ref name=":1" /> Architect [[E. Fay Jones]] designed [[Thorncrown Chapel]] in 1980, and it was selected for the "[[Twenty-five Year Award]]" by the [[American Institute of Architects]] in 2006. The award recognizes structures that have had significant influence on the profession. The chapel was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2000 because of the special nature and quality of its architecture.
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