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Year
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The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 39, Saturday, June 12, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
June 12, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 40, Saturday, June 19, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
June 19, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 41, Saturday, June 26, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
June 26, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 42, Saturday, July 3, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue includes a poem "The American Flag", and excerpts from a letter by John Adams to his wife, dated July 3, 1776.--[p.3]
Date:
July 3, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 43, Saturday, July 10, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
July 10, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 44, Saturday, July 17, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
July 17, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 45, Saturday, July 24, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
July 24, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 46, Saturday, July 31, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
July 31, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 49, Saturday, August 7, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
August 7, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 50, Saturday, August 14, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
August 14, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 51, Saturday, August 21, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
August 21, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 52, Saturday, August 28, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
August 28, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 1
Newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes and advertisements.
Date:
1897~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
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 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
[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 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
[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
James Williams's Funeral Notice
This funeral notice includes information regarding James Williams's death and funeral services on June 8, 1897.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Wedding invitation for Mr. and Mrs. William Williams]
Wedding invitation for Mr. William Williams and Miss Effie Fay Branche, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Crow Wright. The couple was wed on October 27, 1897, at Bosco Bel, Denton, Texas.
Date:
1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Speech of Senator Chilton, of Texas, in the United States Senate"
Speech delivered to the U.S. Senate concerning the integrity of trusts and combinations, and the remedy; not an official government document, privately printed
Date:
July 6, 1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Membership Certificate - Texas State Board of Dental Examiners
This is an official certificate from the State of Texas. It grants George S. Staples membership into the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners.
Date:
September 23, 1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Board of Dental Examiners Certificate
This is a certificate issued by the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners. It is a permanent certificate for G. Staples to practice dentistry.
Date:
October 30, 1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marine School in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1897
Photograph of schoolchildren and their teacher at the Marine School in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1897. There are nineteen boys, ten girls and one teacher. The boys are wearing knickers and jackets with large collars and the girls are wearing dresses, some with pinafores. The teacher is seated in the center on the first row and is wearing a blouse with puffy sleeves, a belt and a long skirt. Behind the group is a building with wooden shutters.
Date:
1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History