The Crazy Well (open access)

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sour Lake Hotel (open access)

Sour Lake Hotel

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes detailed illustration of hotel and decorative business name with text reading: "Orders for Water, Tar & Mud Promptly Attended To"; "Reopened Under A New Proprietorship, Under New Auspices And New Management."
Date: 1898
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History