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[Blind Nellie at the Austin Well]

Description: Colonel W. R. Austin came from Kentucky to Palo Pinto County about 1880, and settled on Staggs Prairie. When an infection in his eye responded to mineral water treatment, he established the Austin Well, later operated by his son-in-law, Tom Sims. Blind Nellie was a fixture of the Austin Well for years. She had an interesting history: A cowboy rode her into town one day, and auctioned her off to the highest bidder, J.H. Coleman, who bid a dollar and a half for her. Then Bob Kyle took Col… more
Date: 1900?
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Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Second Crazy Water Well Drinking Pavilion]

Description: 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 resul… more
Date: 1900?
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Well-Strainer

Description: Patent for a well-strainer, specifically to "a cap or plug applied directly to a cap or plug applied directly to an aperture in a pipe-section used for wells." (lines 9-12)
Date: August 21, 1906
Creator: McEvoy, J. H.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[The Gibson Well- - Souvenir Photograph]

Description: This picture appears to be a souvenir photograph of the Gibson Well drinking pavilion and park, one of the earliest mineral water supply spots in Mineral Wells. It grew into one of the larger parks and pavilions in town. The gasoline-powered "Dinky Cars" of the Mineral Wells Lakewood Park Scenic Railway passed here every quarter-hour (from 1905 to 1909) on their journey to and from Lake Pinto. The Crazy Industries had acquired the property by 1938, and it became known as Crazy Par… more
Date: 1910?
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Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Well-Screen.

Description: Patent for a "well screen in which a maximum screening area is obtained without weakening the frame" (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 23, 1918
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Famous Well

Description: This picture is taken from a series of 17 (4X4) negatives that were enclosed in an envelope from Charles W. Simonds (Route 5, Box 43, Norman, Oklahoma: 73069), postmarked Aug. 4, 1975, and addressed to A.F. Weaver Photography. The photographs were taken January 11, 1919. Also written on the envelope were some telephone numbers and the following: "Father - C.W. Simonds (Clarence Winfield)." The rock building housing the original well was located on Lake Pinto, across West Mountain from … more
Date: January 11, 1919
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Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Device for Recovering Tools from Wells.

Description: Patent for a device to lift and recover tools, such as drill-bits, that have been dropped or lost in wells. The device features two prongs that may be engaged to grip or secure in a "biting hold" (line 50) various objects, illustrations included.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Scott, Augustus B.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well-Cleaner.

Description: This invention relates to an improved well cleaner, and has for its principal object to provide a device of this kind adapted to be positioned in a well casing to direct a volume of air into the casing for cleaning the valves and straining elements thereof. A further object of the invention is to provide an automatic means for sealing the cleaner for holding the fluid within the well casing, against back pressure, during the cleaning operation. (Lines 8-19)
Date: October 18, 1919
Creator: Sargent, Lemuel H.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rotary Boring-Drill.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Rotary Boring-Drills...of the collapsible type." (lines 5-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 30, 1919
Creator: Humason, Granville A.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Portrait of Actors in "Carmen"]

Description: Portrait of a man and woman in costume standing on stage. A handwritten note below the photo says "Wells--Tandy. 'Carmen,'" and another handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Abilene Opera. Fair Park Auditorium. 1920s or early 1930s. Directed by Gypsy Ted Sullivan Wylie."
Date: [1920..1936]
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Partner: McMurry University Library

Spear

Description: Patent for a spear that is used to help withdraw or remove pipes that may get stuck in wellbores.
Date: April 20, 1920
Creator: Gray, Ellsworth
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump.

Description: Patent for a pump for deep wells with a "specially constructed piston capable of a powerful working stroke and which will secure at all times a full volume of liquid at each stroke of the pumping rod." (line 25) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1920
Creator: Humason, Granville Allison
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well-Tubing Catcher

Description: Patent for an improved well tubing catcher, which "provides an equal and positive bearing surface for the gripper slips or dogs in all their adjusted positions" (lines 16-18), including illustrations.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Wilson, Robert A.
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[Daisy Emery Allen, Jennie Stirman, Sidney, and Marvin Stirman in garden]

Description: Photograph of two women, a man, and a child standing around a brick well with a wooden cover on it. The child sits on the edge of the well with one hand to its mouth. The women wear shin length dressed with long sleeves, and the man wears a white button up shirt, tie, and fedora style hat. There are trees behind them and a wooden covered bridge in the background. The snapshot has a decorative stripped boarder. An inscription on the back of the photo reads, "South of Clyde / D.E. Allen / Sidney … more
Date: September 1927
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Partner: Tarrant County Archives
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