title: [Inspiration Point]
date: 1950~
language: English
description: The label on the photograph reads both "Possum Kingdom Dam"
 and  "Inspiration Point".  A. F. and Patsy Weaver are shown enjoying the view
 from Inspiration Point.  A.F. Weaver himself took the photograph, using a
 tripod and camera timer,in the same vicinity where he had proposed to Patsy
 Weaver years before this photograph was taken.  In the early part of the
 twentieth century,the internationally known evangelist, Billy Sunday, visited
 Mineral Wells.  He was told about an outstanding view from a vantage point
 south of town.  On seeing the vista for himself,the Rev. Sunday remarked it
 was truly an inspirational view.  Since that time the viewpoint has been known
 as "Inspiration Point".  This vista is seven miles south of Mineral Wells off
 US Highway 281, and approximately 40 miles below the Morris Sheppard Dam at
 Possum Kingdom Lake.  It has been called one of the most beautiful scenic
 views in Texas.  This picture has possibly been used in the course of the
 advertising of interesting things to see and do around Mineral Wells, which
 might explain the label attached to the photograph.  Similarly captivating is
 a view from "Observation Point" the Dam at Possum Kingdom Lake.  The two
 vistas, some 20 to 30 miles apart,overlook entirely different stretches of the
 Brazos, each with its own unique but spectacular view.
subject: Landscape and Nature - Water - Lakes
subject: Landscape and Nature - Mountains
subject: Landscape and Nature - Water - Rivers
coverage: United States - Texas - Palo Pinto County - Mineral Wells
coverage: Into Modern Times, 1939-Present
rights: Public
type: Photograph
format: Image
identifier: local-cont-no: AWO_0252N
identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16255/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth16255