The Mineral Wells area has an interesting and diverse history that transpired, especially after being “founded by” J. A. Lynch, who settled here in 1877 and discovered the curative mineral water. He drilled the first well in 1880 and laid out the town in 1881, becoming its first mayor and capitalizing on the “health cure” craze. Many artifacts curated in the Mineral Wells Heritage Association Rock School Museum relate to many of these articles below.
The image above is part of the collection entitled: A. F. Weaver Collection and was provided by the Boyce Ditto Public Library to The Portal to Texas History
The Ford Home on 3rd St
My husband and I purchased the historic Ford Home in Mineral Wells in 2024 The property was first purchased by J.G. & Abbiegill Ford in 1881 The property is outside the bounds of the Sanborn fire insurance maps until 1907. So we are unsure if there was a home or...
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
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 game in...
