Dinky Cars & Doodle Bugs

Dinky Cars & Doodle Bugs

Dinky Cars and Doodle Bugs in Mineral Wells, Texas, were the small, gasoline-powered and electric-powered motor cars used in Mineral Wells in the early 20th Century.  Dinky cars took visitors to Lakewood Park until 1909 to transport people to Lake Pinto for the Famous...
42 Domino Game, a Local Invention

42 Domino Game, a Local Invention

The 42 Domino Game originated in Trappe Springs (now Garner), Texas, around 1887, when two boys, William Thomas and Walter Earl, created a domino game mimicking card games like pitch to bypass religious prohibitions on cards. It became Texas’s official domino...
Mineral Wells Heritage Association Rock School

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