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- Fairfield Inn
- The Fairfield Inn, built by Col. Walter H. Boykin around the turn of the twentieth century, was a very popular rooming and boarding house in the early days of Mineral Wells. It was located at 814 North Oak Street, across Oak Street and one block north of the contemporary Hexagon Hotel. Part of the retaining wall shown in the picture still exists. Mr. Boykin built his home at 1501 SE 4th Avenue. The home was later sold to William Whipple Johnson, who operated the Rock Creek coal mines in eastern Parker County around 1910. Mr. Johnson, with his brother Harvey, had previously opened the coal mines at Thurber on the Palo Pinto/Erath county line in 1908.
- The "Gibson Well" Mineral Wells, Texas
- Shown here is a picture of the first Gibson Well drinking pavilion. Located in the 700 block of what is now NW 2nd Avenue, it was one of the first drinking pavilions in the city. An expanded pavilion replaced the one in this picture, and it became one of the more popular social gathering places in town. The Christian Church now [2008] occupies the entire city block on which the Gibson Well was located.
- [The Gulf and Brazos Valley Railroad Depot]
- A caption to the photograph states: "Gulf and Brazos Valley Railroad Depot 1899-1902. Erected back some 80 years ago, and served the Brazos Valley Railroad from Mineral Wells to Peck City near Millsap, now known as Bennett." The area formerly known as Peck City is now the location of an Acme brick plant, and is named "Bennett" for the rail switch that serves the plant. Standing on the right in the photograph is Noble Nuttall, father of Verne Nuttall, the first depot operator and telegraph operator. Please note the guitar near the woman at the window. The depot was once located on the site now occupied by the Hayes Lumber Company, in the 300 block on SE 1st Avenue. The newspaper caption: "Passengers would ride on the Texas and Pacific to Peck City and come by the Brazos Valley train from Peck City to Mineral Wells" is incorrect. The GULF and BRAZOS RIVER RAILWAY was strictly a freight line that hauled coal from the Rock Creek mines (east of Mineral Wells) to the T&P main line at Peck City. The first depot in Mineral Wells for passenger service from Weatherford was built when the W.-M.W.-N.W. that first arrived in Mineral Wells in 1891. It burned down, and it was replaced by the current brick depot in 1902, the year the GBV was sold at a sheriff's auction in Weatherford. (Photo courtesy of Verne Nuttall)
- The Hawthorn Well
- The Hawthorn Well drinking pavilion, located at 314 NW 1st Avenue, was owned and operated by William O'Brien. The Hawthorn not only had mineral water and a drinking pavilion, but also catered to the pleasure-seeking public with a bowling alley. Dances were also held in the pavilion both afternoon and nights during the "Season." The picture shows advertising on the roof for the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad. The "Katy" built a north-south railway across Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) at about this time. Its Texas office and shops were located in Dennison. Hotels in Mineral Wells were sending hacks and buggies to Millsap to transport passengers to "The Nation's Greatest Health Resort" in such numbers that by January 1, 1891, the first train of the Weatherford Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railroad (WMWNW) rolled into town. With connections through Dallas, the "Katy" sought a portion of that railway passenger traffic.
- Lithia Well
- The Lithia Well drinking pavilion was located on the southwest corner of the Crazy block at 400 NW 1st Avenue. The roof of the second Crazy Well drinking pavilion can be seen to the left of the Lithia. The Mineral Wells Library maintained its second location in this pavilion. The First Crazy Hotel was built on this location in 1914, but burned in 1925. The rebuilt and expanded Crazy Hotel (Now [2008] a retirement home) replaced the burned hostelry in 1927. See also the following picture.
- Mineral Wells (1900)
- This article and photograph from the Weaver Collection appeared in the Mineral Wells Index in the late 1960's--or possibly the early 1970's. The newspaper attributes the photograph to the "Courtesy of Tom Green," and the research to "Bill Cameron." The article states: "This is the way Mineral Wells looked at the turn of the [twentieth] Century. The Scott Livery Stable, foreground, is occupies the area the Whatley Motor Company does today. Across the street at left was the two-story Holmes Hotel. The barn in the corner, in the center of picture, was the T.J. Green Transfer Company. Mat Birdwell, who purchased horses for the government, had his headquarters in the Green barn. Other spots include the Frost Lumber Yard, next to the Green barn; [the] old Baptist Church steeples, top left; [the] Presbyterian Church, top right, that burned 60 years ago."
- [The Mineral Wells Bottling Works]
- A number of the early mineral water wells bottled their product and sold it nationwide for its reputed health benefits. The name of this particular well, associated with this turn-of-the-20th-century endeavor, is not identified. It may well have been the inventor of the bottled water industry. This photograph shows what has been tentatively identified as a threshing machine, driven by a steam-powered tractor, parked outside the plant. This bottling plant also produced "Country Red" and "Cream soda" in 1906. J.L. Tipton is shown, fourth from the left. The other men remain unidentified. The photograph dates from 1912. This bottling company also bottled "Country Red" and "Cream soda" in 1912. J.L. Tipton is shown, fourth from the left. The other men remain unidentified. Later development of a crystallizing process eliminated the substantial cost of shipping water, and adversely affected the bottled water industry. The concentrated crystals greatly expanded the distribution of beneficial minerals said to be inherent in the water, and created an industry of its own. However, it led to legal problems occasioned by the limited supply of crystals, and attempts to satisfy a voracious market. What appears to be a scar across the photograph indicates that the original picture was probably damaged, and was repaired by Mr. Weaver for the making of a duplicate photograph.
- [The Norwood Hospital]
- A photograph of the Norwood Hospital during its completion. Note the "Parry and Spicer Architects" sign and the "Goodrum, Murphy and Croft Contractors" sign. Dr. Norwood was the first Osteopathic doctor to set up business in Mineral Wells. He departed this life at the age of 82 in 1953. The building was donated to the Mineral Wells Historic Foundation. Plans were announced to convert the clinic to a Bed and Breakfast facility, but no progress towards such a conversion has been made to date [2007]. The legend "1863" appears on the photograph, but it is not known what it signifies. It cannot possibly be the date of the building--or of its photograph.
- Presbyterian Church of Mineral Wells
- Written on the back of the photograph is: "Presbyterian Church & Manse N.W. 4th Ave. & [NW]2nd St. Built 1896, Burned 1908" This was the first Presbyterian Church of Mineral Wells. It was replaced, after it burned in 1908, at the same location the next year by a unique domed church that endured for some seventy years. Deterioration of the foundation of the second church building dictated its prudent replacement by a third building at this same location in the early 1980's.
- Sangcura Sprudel Water
- A pamphlet advertising "Sangcura Sprudel Water," describing the various uses of the mineral water and the salts derived by evaporating the water is shown here.
- Sangcura Sprudel Wells
- The Sangcura Sprudel Wells. On back of photograph is written: "Located at 800 N.W. 2nd Avenue." The building was later moved to 314 NW 5th Street. The porches were enclosed and it was turned into a rooming house. The building burned down in 1973.
- Sangcura Sprudel Wells
- The Sangcura-Sprudel Wells Drinking Pavilion was originally located at 800 NW Second Avenue. The building was later moved to 314 NW 5th Street, the porches enclosed, and it was converted into a rooming house. The Crazy Water bottling plant was built on this site in 1919. The rooming house that was the former Sangcura-Sprudel drinking Pavilion burned on December 5, 1973, just five minutes before Mineral Wells' annual Christmas Parade was scheduled to start.
- [The Second Crazy Water Well Drinking Pavilion]
- The small building seen at the right of this picture was the First Crazy Well Drinking Pavilion. The large structure in the center of the picture is an early view of the second Pavilion, which was built in 1900. This picture was taken before its first two floors were enclosed. The Carlsbad pavilion, which was built around 1895 (across NW 1st Avenue and west of the Crazy) also appears in several pictures of the area around this time. Its absence in this photograph is probably the result of a combination of perspective, angle of picture, and depth-of-view of the camera. The Second Pavilion (shown in this photograph) was replaced in 1909 by the Crazy Flats, which burned in the fire of 1925. The current Crazy Hotel opened in 1927, and occupies the entire city block. It is now [2003] a retirement home.
- [A Souvenir Photograph of a Donkey Ride up East Mountain]
- Entertainment for the many visitors to Mineral Wells around the turn of the twentieth century was provided, in part, by donkey rides up a trail to the top of East Mountain. The donkey trail crossed a 1,000-step staircase, built in 1905, to the top of the mountain about half-way up. Photographers, first J.C. McClure and then J.L. Young, took souvenir photographs of the visitors at this crossing. This photograph of the Belcher family was a taken by J. D. McClure. Mr. John M. Belcher stands on the right and his son, John E. Belcher sits on a donkey at the left of the picture, with his mother standing beside him. The clothing suggests that the picture was taken in the early 1900's. The legend "19EE" in the lower left-hand part of the picture invites speculation concerning its significance.
- Texas Carlsbad Water
- This photograph illustrates the Texas Carlsbad Well at Mineral Wells, Texas, one of the early drinking pavilions in the "City built on water." It was located at 415 NW 1st Avenue, directly across the street west of the first Crazy Well drinking pavilion. Shown here is an early picture of the Carlsbad, as later views show slight additions and alterations in response to competition among drinking pavilions for business.
- Vichy Well Natatorium
- An off-season (Winter?) picture of the Vichy Well Natatorium, once located in the 600 block of North Oak Avenue, where North Oak Community Center now [2008] stands is illustrated here. The picture is dated the time around 1900. The Vichy well featured a swimming pool, which it labelled a "Natatorium." Later improvements, when the name was changed to The Standard Well, included a motion-picture theater and a pavilion for dancing. (Note the Dr. A.W. Thompson residence and the Mineral Wells Sanitarium on the right skyline.) A USO was built on this location In World War II for white servicemen at Camp Wolters. The USO building was turned over to the city at the end of the war, and became known as the North Oak Community Center. Preservation efforts are underway [in 2008] to restore the Community Center.
- The Independent. (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 19, 1900
- Weekly newspaper from Mineral Wells, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
- Lower End of Mesquite Street
- A view of Mesquite Street (in 2008: NE 1st Avenue), taken in 1910, and looking south-east. The scene shows horse-drawn wagons loaded with cotton bales. Electrical lines are visible. The building at the northeast corner of East Hubbard Street and South Mesquite Street is the D.M. Howard Block. D. M Howard was the first of five Howard brothers to come to Mineral Wells and establish businesses. There was a Dry Goods store on the left end of the building, a millinery shop above it, and a grocery store was in the building to the right. Later the J.M. Belcher Furniture occupied the building; and still later, R&W Furniture. Demolition of the building began March 17 of 1975 to make room for the Savings and Loan Building and a parking lot. The First State Bank now [2007] occupies this entire block.
- The Daily Index. (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 5, 1900
- Daily newspaper from Mineral Wells, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, November 9, 1900
- A weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that included local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- [A Bird's Eye-view of Mineral Wells]
- An early panoramic view of Mineral Wells is shown here. The picture is a composite of two views taken from East Mountain. Attached to the composite is a date "1901." The large building in the front middle of the picture is the Holloway & Haley livery stable. Some of the buildings are numbered on the photograph. Recognizable are: (2) The Hawthorn Well, with steeple (Right middle of the picture), (4) The original Crazy water drinking pavilion (two-story with smaller upper third floor, right middle of picture), The Lythia Well (between the Crazy Well and the Hawthorn Well), and The Hexagon House at the far right edge of picture.
- The Daily Index
- Shown here is the front page of the Mineral Wells "Index", featuring a picture of Judge Alvin Lynch, astride a mule and holding a large bottle of the Mineral Wells water. The picture is not sufficiently in focus to read a reliable date to the newspaper, except perhaps to discern that the issue comes from "Volume VIII". We are accustomed to having a newspaper printed with the help of electricity. However, the "Index" of 1940 states that such was not always the case. "Employees of the Index", is said, "Can remember back in the old days when the electric service was rather questionable, especially at night--and it was the custom to put the press boy up on the feeder of the newspaper press, tie an electric cord around his neck,and let him go to sleep. When the power came on the bulb would get hot and wake him up--then he would round up the printers and they would get back to work." All this was in keeping with electricity that consisted of "[A] single drop cord in each room and on the end of it a 32 candle power light globe."
- [The First Boy Scouts in Mineral Wells, 1902]
- A note on back of this photograph states, "1902, 1st Boy Scouts in Mineral Wells, organized by Frank Creighton (L) met in old Sangcura Sprudel Well Pavilion." The picture was taken in front of Green's Transfer Building. This photograph possibly shows the youth division of a local lodge, probably Shriners. Please note that the boys shown in the picture are shouldering real rifles. The uniforms depicted look more like Zouaves (down to the fezzes that the boys are shown wearing) than Boy Scouts, while the adult frowning on the extreme left has a sword in his hand. This historic photograph captures a precursor to the Boy Scout movement, that started six years later in England. It spread to America in 1910 to generate an interest in outdoor and educational activities among teen-age boys. The first Boy Scout Troop was organized in 1914 by a Mr. Harris. World War I delayed any further development until L.H. Gross got things underway again. He served a Scoutmaster until 1925.
- [Mineral Wells' First Public School Erected in 1884]
- This rock structure is now [2008] a museum dedicated to the preservation of the history of the city. There was some construction around the school at the time of this photograph, probably due to the building of Mineral Wells' first high school, the West Ward School, on the same lot, next door to and north of the little Rock School in 1902.
- [Newspaper Clipping of A Mineral Wells School, Texas]
- A newspaper clipping with a photograph of a Mineral Wells School. This clipping had been mounted in a scrapbook, and the legible portion of the caption says, "Mineral Wells School, Texas." The whole caption read: Mineral Wells College. [sic]--A School for Both Sexes The building, which the Weatherford Democrat of September 12, 1895 says would be built in Mineral Wells (It would have been in Romanesque architecture), was to offer "Classical, Scientific, English, Music, Elocution, and Art Courses" . Professor J. McCracken was the head of the school. The building was never built, because the state provided education up to (but not including) college. A need for further education was not felt. .
- West Ward School Mineral Wells, Texas
- This photograph illustrates a view from the east of the West Ward School at the time of its completion in 1902. It was located just north of Mineral Well's first public school, the "Little Rock School", at 205 NW 5th Avenue. West Ward housed first through twelfth grades. Mineral Well's first high school graduating class (four students) graduated from here in 1905. High School classes were moved from here to the East Ward School when it was completed in 1906. Only elementary school classes were taught here at the time West Ward school was torn down, about 1930. The Lilian Peek Cottage, Texas' first free-standing Home Economics building, was built by the W.P.A. in 1937 just to the north of where the West Ward School had been located.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, February 28, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, February 28, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. [38], Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. [38], Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, March 28, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, March 28, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, April 4, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, April 4, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
- Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1902
- Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.