Description: Found on page 66 of A. F. Weaver's book, "TIME WAS In Mineral Wells, Second Edition", the caption for this photo: "First known as the Vichy Well and Natatorium, later the Beach, and then The Standard Well. It was torn down and the USO was built during World War II (now the North Oak Community Center)." For a time the building held the Mineral Wells Senior Center. Still known as the Community Center, the building has recently been leased to the Crazy Water Festival Association, and is slated for renovation in the near future.

Description: The Crazy Water Hotel. It appears that season is winter, as snow is on the ground. The truck in the photo appears to be before 1939. Mineral Wells was a very popular convention city, and the bunting draped section of the hotel in the foreground probably indicates preparartion for a coming convention.

Description: SOUVENIR MENU, FORMAL OPENING of the Crazy Hotel, corner of N. Oak Ave. and W. 2nd St., Mineral Wells, Texas, March 11, 1927.

Description: A number of the early mineral water wells bottled their product and sold it nationwide for its reputed health benefits. Since the name of the particular well associated with this turn of the 20th century endeavor in this picture is not identified, it may well have been the innovater of the bottled water industry. This photo apparently shows new equipment being delivered. What appears to be a scar on the tractor wheel indicates the original picture was probably damaged and was repaired by Mr. Weaver for a duplicate photo. Later development of the crystallizing process eliminated the substantial shipping cost of water and adversely affected the bottled water industry. The concentrated crystals greatly expanded the distribution of the beneficial minerals inherent in the water and created its own industry. It also led to some legal problems because of the limited supply of crystals and attempts to satisfy the voracious market.

Description: Found on page 158 of "TIME WAS In Mineral Wells" by A. F. Weaver, the caption says, "Entrance to the original Camp Wolters around the 1930's. This entrance was located near and behind the present National Guard Armory." Originally a State Guard Cavalry base on West Mountain, Camp Wolters was built in the eastern part of Mineral Wells in the 1930s. As the nation began mobilization for World WarII, an expanded Camp Wolters was constructed east of this location and became the largest Infantry Replacement Training Center in the country. The entrance to the original Camp Wolters was constructed of native sandstone with red clay tile roofs. During WWII, the original Camp Wolters was used as a German Prisoner of War camp. After Fort Wolters was decommissioned following the Vietnam War, part of the property was distributed to Mineral Wells and Weatherford. The original camp is now part of the campus of Mineral Wells High School, and a couple of the buildings remain there along with a remnant of the parade ground; its historical significance recognized by a Texas Historical Commission Marker.