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[The Entrance to Camp Wolters]
Found on page 158 of "TIME WAS In Mineral Wells" by A. F. Weaver, the caption to this picture reads, "Entrance to the original Camp Wolters around the 1930's. This entrance was located near and behind the present National Guard Armory." The Texas National Guard 112th Cavalry Service Troop maintained an armory on West Mountain, from a time before 1923. The hill itself was dubbed "Cavalry Hill." The Service Troop was later re-named 124th Cavalry, Troop F--which attained to fame as part of the task force that cleared the Burma Road in World War II. Camp Wolters was built for summer training of the Texas National Guard in 1927. It was to be used for a minimum of three weeks each year. The famous CCC (The Civilian Conservation Corps) stayed in the camp in 1930, and built several of the rock structures in the camp--and also around Mineral Wells. The original site had sen many uses: It was a P.O.W. camp for German prisoners taken during World War II; it was Texas National Guard property; and it was later given over to commercial use. An embedded star that was once on the headquarters of the parade ground of the original …
Date:
1935?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, October 11, 1935
Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 11, 1935
Creator:
Dunbar, Mary Whatley
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, October 11, 1935
Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 11, 1935
Creator:
Dunbar, Mary Whatley
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1935
Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 30, 1935
Creator:
Dunbar, Mary Whatley
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1935
Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 30, 1935
Creator:
Dunbar, Mary Whatley
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1935
Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 26, 1935
Creator:
Dunbar, Mary Whatley
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1935
Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 26, 1935
Creator:
Dunbar, Mary Whatley
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, July 5, 1935
Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 5, 1935
Creator:
Dunbar, Mary Whatley
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, July 5, 1935
Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 5, 1935
Creator:
Dunbar, Mary Whatley
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History