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Mineral Wells Graphic. (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1897
Weekly newspaper from Mineral Wells, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 8, 1897
Creator:
Hendry, Robert E.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sangcura Sprudel Wells in Mineral Wells]
Copy photo of Sangcura Sprudel Wells. There is a small forest in the background. Written on the bottom of the photo is "[sic] Mineral Wells ~ Palo Pinto Co." Written below the image are "Scenes along the T&P 1895-1896" and "T&P."
Date:
1895/1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Star Well (Winter Scene)
"Winter Scene--Shipping Star Well Water--From Min Wells Texas" The Star Well was located at the northeast corner of the intersection of NE 1st Street and NE 1st Avenue, across the street and north of the Baker Hotel. The telephone building is currently [2008] located there. A "date", handwritten on the bottom right corner of image, reads--possibly--"1899", which would explain the unpaved street and the lack of automobiles.
Date:
1899?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Crazy Well
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs and business name, with text reading: "Water shipped fresh from the well to any point at 10 cents per gallon"; "Mineral Wells, The Carlsbad of the New World"; "Crazy Well Water will Cure Rheumatism, Indigestion, Insomnia, Diabetes, Kidney and Liver Troubles."
Date:
1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Carlsbad Water
A group of people stand outside Texas Carlsbad Water. The Carlsbad was one of the earlier, and more popular drinking pavilions in Mineral Wells. It was located on NW 1st. Avenue, at NW 4th Street, directly across the street west of the Crazy Well. Its slogan was: Makes a man love HIS wife, Makes a woman love HER husband, Robs the divorce court of its business, Takes the temper out of red-headed people, Puts ginger into ginks and pepper into plodders. Please note the supports for possible electric lines, the unpaved street, and the horses obscurely visible at the far right of the photograph.
Date:
1895?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hexagon Hotel], Southside
This photograph is a cleaned-up version, by A.F. Weaver, of the Hexagon Hotel, at approximately the time of its completion. (The site has been cleaned, and the trash removed.) Construction of the Hexagon Hotel started in 1895, and it opened for business in 1897, to ameliorate Mineral Wells' torrid summertime heat years before air-conditioning became available, its design was such that it could catch every vagrant breeze, and cool the hotel. A DC generating plant (seen behind and to the left of the hotel) furnished power to an electric light in each room. It was the first electrically-lighted hotel in Mineral Wells. the plant was operational when the hotel opened. There was also a steam laundry and an ice house, as well. The ice house produced its first block of ice in 1903. The builder/owner, Mr. David G. Galbraith (along with five other men) held the patent for acetate. Mr. Galbraith was a prominent cattleman from Colorado City, Texas. He came to Mineral Wells in hopes of curing a sever attack of rheumatism. He took the baths, and found that they helped him, so he decided to remain in Mineral Wells, and open a hotel. The original photograph, included in …
Date:
1897/1959
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Portrait of Arthur Howard]
Photograph of Arthur Howard, who is dressed in a uniform, including a hat that identifies him as Assistant Chief. He is only visible from the chest up.
Date:
1898~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Carlsbad Water
The first building for the Texas Carlsbad Well, one of the early mineral water wells which brought tourists to Mineral Wells is shown here. This picture appears on page 62 of "Time Was..." by A. F. Weaver, who dates it around 1895. Weaver includes a bit of advertising by Texas Carlsbad Mineral Water, "Makes a man love his wife, Makes a wife love her husband, Robs the divorce court of its business, Takes the temper out of red-headed people, Puts ginger into ginks and pepper into plodders."
Date:
1895?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Balance.
Patent for improvements in window-sash balances, in which the two sashes are connected, “so that they will not only balance but also either may be raised or lowered without affecting the other.” (Lines 17-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 26, 1891
Creator:
Christian, James F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hexagon Hotel]
A large group of people, most sitting on donkeys, are shown out front of the Hexagon Hotel. Donkeys were used to transport visitors to the top of East Mountain for an overview of the City of Mineral Wells. It appears the party in this picture is preparing for such a trip. The Caldwell family ran the Hexagon Hotel as a boarding house for a while, hence the sign on the second floor of the building. H. L. Milling and his father also ran the hotel for a while, too. The building visible behind the hotel is the DC generating plant that supplied electricity to illuminate the building.
Date:
1897/1924
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a washing machine that has a cylindrical drum with heads, slats, and openings, a door with slats and cross-pieces, a stay that is attached to the bottom of a cross-piece, and a thumb-screw that is countersunk in the stay and holds it in place.
Date:
November 12, 1895
Creator:
King, Theophless J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Analyses of Rocks with a Chapter on Analytic Methods Laboratory of the United States Geological Survey 1880 to 1896
A report which provides information about the analysis of rocks, minerals, ores, waters, sediments, coals, metals, and many more.
Date:
1897
Creator:
Clarke, F. W. & Hillebrand, W. F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Educational Series of Rock Specimens
This report was prepared with 29 specimens of rock which are described in this report.
Date:
1898
Creator:
Diller, Joseph Silas
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Mineralogical Lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden Counties Massachusetts
This report provides a brief history of each mineral species occurring within the area of the three river counties in Massachusetts.
Date:
1895
Creator:
Emerson, Benjamin Kendall
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[The Hexagon Hotel]
The Hexagon Hotel at 701 N. Oak Avenue, opened in December 1897. The brick building to the right was the Convention Hall (built in 1925 on the foundation of the Hotel's electric plant) for the West Texas Chamber of Commerce Convention. The Hexagon Hotel was demolished in 1959, the Convention Center in 1977.
Date:
1897/1959
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Palo Pinto County Courthouse]
Photograph of the Palo Pinto County Courthouse in Palo Pinto, Texas. The building is comprised of stone blocks and two levels of long windows. Chimneys can be seen on its left side and right forward corners. A belfry rises from the center of the building. Several men can be seen sitting on a wooden fence or a horse-drawn wagon in front of the courthouse.
Date:
1890~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hexagon Hotel]
A color photograph of the Hexagon Hotel is shown here. Please note the Convention Hall to the right (north) of the Hotel. The Convention Hall was built in 1925 to accommodate the West Texas Chamber of Commerce Convention, and was built over a portion of the foundation of the electric power plant of the hotel. In 1897 Galbraith was granted, by city ordinance, a 50-year franchise to illuminate the city. The Hexagon Hotel was torn down in 1959. Ira Tarwater (who had been contracted to do the work) remarked that "[I]t was the most novel building I have to tear down." He later said that he regretted doing it. The Convention Center was demolished in 1977.
Date:
1897/1959
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hexagon Hotel]
The Hexagon Hotel was built in 1895 by David G. Galbraith, the inventor of the paper clip (not the familiar one, but another one very much like it) , and co-developer of acetate synthetic fiber. According to Ellen Puerzer ("The Octagon House Inventory", Eight-Square Publishing, copyright 2011), the building was twelve-sided, clad with clapboard, built on a stone foundation. Two English stonemasons did all stonework, presumably also the work on the DC generating plant next to the hotel. The rooms within were hexagon-shaped, with a bath being shared between every two rooms. The top floor was a reading room--popular at the time. The well-ventilated "honeycomb" structure (a master-stroke in the days before air-conditioning)opened in December 1897. The stone building behind and left of the Hotel is the plant for generating electricity used for light and fans (for a fee) in every room in the hotel. It also contained a steam laundry and an ice house on the first floor. The second floor was given over to a dining room for the hotel guests.
Date:
1897/1924
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Herald-Sentinel. (Cloud Chief, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1893
Weekly newspaper from Cloud Chief, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 10, 1893
Creator:
Mathes, Will C. & Wells, R. B., Jr.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Herald-Sentinel. (Cloud Chief, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1893
Weekly newspaper from Cloud Chief, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1893
Creator:
Mathes, Will C. & Wells, R. B., Jr.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Palo Pinto Sheet
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 1:125000
Date:
1891
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto Sheet
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 1:125000
Date:
1896
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 17, 1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 27, 1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History