Description: Earliest know panormaic view of Mineral Wells, taken approximately in 1882. Taken from East Mountain looking Southwest. The following numbers on the photo represent specific locations: 1. Judge Lynch cabins and first mineral water well; 2. N. E. 1st Avenue (second mineral water well dug); 3. Oak and Hubbard; 4. Present location of the Fire and Police Station; 5. South Oak Avenue; 6. Commercial Hotel (present location of the Gas Company); 7. N. E. 1st Avenue business district; 8. North Oak Avenue.

Description: Picture is labeled on the back as "Golens Livery Stable" and shows a wagon, three hacks and a buggy, each pulled by a two-horse team. The hack on the left (white horse on the right of the team) has a "Green's Transfer" sign on the hack. The hack in the middle has a passenger and the one on the right has three. The man in the foreground is likely the livery stable owner, and an assistant is visible in the stable doorway. Hacks and buggies are typical of the transportation that Mineral Wells hotels sent to Millsap to meet every passenger train on the Texas & Pacific Railroad from the time the T&P came through Palo Pinto County in 1882 until the Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern Railroad began service between Weatherford and Mineral Wells on January 1, 1897.

Description: On pages 40 and 41 of A. F. Weaver's book, "TIME WAS In Mineral Wells", are three photos arranged to create the "Earliest known panoramic view of Mineral Wells around 1882." This is the middle photo, and includes the center of downtown Mineral Wells today. The photo was taken from East Mountain looking to the southwest. The large white two story building at the left center of the picture is on W. Hubbard St., at the site (later) of the Southern Hotel. The building at the far left edge of the picture was on the site of the current Mineral Wells Fire and Police Departments in the 200 block of S. Oak Ave. The center of Mineral Wells' Business Distrct is now the intersection of Oak Ave. (US 281) and Hubbard St. (Us 180).