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[The Crazy Water Well--1974]

Description: What is said to be the original Crazy Woman's Well is preserved under the sidewalk at the northwest corner of the Crazy Hotel. This is supposed to be the well the mentally-challenged (or the once-designated "Crazy woman") drank from that "Cured" her dementia. Stories are in conflict about how many women there were--and whether the water actually cured any of them of epilepsy. Subsequent analysis of the water refuted a rumor that there was any Lithium was in it. … more
Date: March 24, 1974
Creator: Weaver, A. F.
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[402 SW 5th Street]

Description: A Victorian-era home (in Queen Anne style) is shown here, at 402 SW 5th Street. Please note the one-story tower, the multiple hip roofs and intersecting gables (which is characteristic of the style) and wraparound porch (which is much less so). The columns on the porch suggest a Free Classic sub-type, but other elements of the sub-type a… more
Date: June 1974
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Rock School House]

Description: The Rock School, erected in 1884, was Mineral Wells' first public school. It was last used in 1957 as a band hall. It was leased to the Mineral Wells Heritage Association in 1974, renovated and converted to a museum dedicated to the preservation of the history of the City of Mineral Wells. This picture appears to have been taken at the time of its renovation and conversion, as the worker on the ladder makes evident. The bell tower has been enclosed, and window screens and doors have be… more
Date: 1974
Creator: Weaver, A. F.
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[News Script: Traffic death]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a Fort Worth woman who was killed in a one car crash.
Date: June 18, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Bed smoking fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about authorities who say smoking in bed was the cause of a mobile fire at Grayford near Mineral Wells.
Date: July 6, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: APB 120]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about winter which is expected to take one big punch at Texas.
Date: March 20, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: New Top Texas Weather]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a thick cloud cover and scattered rains and thunderstorms which are dominating in most of Texas.
Date: January 25, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Now Top Texas Weather]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of clear skies which are prevailing over Texas and the forecasts are calling for a continuation of the fair weather.
Date: February 4, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Classroom]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of state health officials who began checking reports of a widespread flu-like diseases which temporarily has closed several public schools or hurt class attendance in west and north central Texas.
Date: January 31, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Public Health]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of state health officials who are looking into the unnamed disease that has temporarily closed schools in central and west Texas.
Date: January 31, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Gordon Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1974
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 32.62 -98.38
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[The Smith Memorial at Elmwood Cemetery]

Description: This is a picture of a monument that is to be found in the Elmwood Cemetery. Two Confederate soldiers with rifles (who presumably never went to war) stand at the top of a scrolled pediment that bears the number "32" amidst foliage. Beneath it are crossed sabers. At the very bottom. under the name "Smith", is the motto: "Charity and Humanity Our Religion" in raised letters. This monument may be the grave of the Cicero Smith family. He was the President of Lake View Scenic Railway, al… more
Date: April 4, 1974
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[News Script: Helicopter Landing]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a young helicopter mechanic who failed to graduate from the Ft. Wolters Helicopter Pilot School has made a solo flight.
Date: February 17, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: FT wolters]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a government which closed the Fort Wolters primary helicopter training center near Mineral Wells.
Date: March 4, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: New Top Texas Weather]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the traffic in some portions of Texas has been slowed to a crawl by a heavy fog.
Date: February 15, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Jailbreak]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the escape of three prisoners at the Palo Pinto county jail.
Date: January 18, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Shutdown Aid]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the Texas Industrial Commission who has been given 195-thousand dollars to research ways to minimize the economic loss caused by the closing of military bases in Laredo, Mineral Wells and Weatherford.
Date: February 14, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Fort Wolters]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the Texas Industrial Commission who has been named to direct research on how to minimize the economic harm to Mineral Wells and Weatherford caused by the closing of nearby Fort Wolters.
Date: February 14, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: New Top Texas Weather]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of chilly temperatures and clear skies which are prevailing over Texas.
Date: February 26, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Gasoline]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about earlier announcements that indicated that the gasoline supply situation in Texas would be better in April than in March.
Date: April 5, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Lipan Fatal]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about three persons who were killed when two pickup trucks collided head-on in Lipan.
Date: April 27, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Farenthold]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a democratic candidate for governor who is now campaigning in the Texas Panhandle, part of a week long tour which began in Fort Worth.
Date: April 16, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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