Description: Looking north on US Highway 281 from 1st. Sree. to the intersection with US highway 180 (Hubbard Street). The first building on the right is Lynch Plaza, location of the mineral water discovery well that gave Mineral Wells its name and made it the leading health spa in the state. Other businesses are: Cole's Florist on the west (left) corner of the block opposite Lynch Plaza, Poston's Dry goods (low building in middle of block north of Cole's), First State Bank on the corner north of Lynch Plaza. The Crazy Hotel can be seen in the distance; three blocks up the street on the left. Oak St was widened with turn lanes in 2005.

Description: Mineral Wells, Texas looking east. Photo by A.F. Weaver 07/05/99 taken from Northwest Mountain. The Baker Hotel is in the center of the picture with the Second Crazy Water Hotel front and left of the Baker, and Nazareth Hospital to the left of the Crazy Hotel.

Description: a street scene of N.E. 1st Ave. The stone building on the left is the "Yeager Building" which once housed the Lion Drugstore. At the time of the photograph, it housed the Baker Medical Supply. A handwritten date on the back of the photograph states "1993." In 2007, the coffee shop "H2Jo" is located in this building. The next building up the street was once the Hub Tailors, and the large three- story building farther up the street is the Western Auto Store. At the end of the street is the Old Post Office, which currently houses the Women's Club.

Description: Mineral Wells, Texas 1881. Copyright by A. F. Weaver. This is the earliest picture of Mineral Wells available. It was mailed to A.F. Weaver by a woman in Colorado in 2004 who found it in her great-grandfather's belongings. He was a world traveler and spent only a short time in Mineral Wells. The photo was obtained too late to include in the last edition (the mini edition) of TIME WAS. James Alvis Lynch and his family arrived in Millsap Valley Dec. 24, 1877. In 1878 he dug a well to 41 ft., but it was dry. In 1880 he contracted to have a well drilled, and it encountered mineral water. The purported healing qualities of the water brought health-seekers by the thousands. In 1881, Lynch laid out the city of Mineral Wells on his 80-acre farm. The unidentified lines of white objects in the upper background are a mystery, but are probably tents. H.M. Berry, an early resident, and Mineral Wells' first schoool teacher, wrote in 1921, " . . .by the first of October (1881) it looked like a small army was camped here, tents were everywhere." The Lynch cabins, site of the mineral water discovery well, is in ...

Description: This photo is downtown Mineral Wells. The dominant building is Mineral Wells Office Supply(formerly Lattimer Funeral Home), follow by R.P.'s Western Outlet; next door: Jenn's Boutique; next, Jenn's Fashions; next Hill's Style Shoppe.