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Description: Photograph of a cartoon. "1880" is written in ink at bottom of the photo evidently in correction of the cartoon. Lynch arrived in what would later be Mineral Wells in 1877. His first well, dug to 41 feet in 1878, was dry. The second well, drilled to a deeper depth, in 1880 yielded the mineral water after which Mineral Wells was later named. See also "Opening of the First Season at Mineral Wells" and "Mr. Lynch on His Way to Discover Mineral Wells."
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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