Mineral Wells
N 32° 48.527 W 098° 06.773
14S E 583050 N 3630436
Texas Historical Marker on the east side of S Oak Ave in the 100 block, noting the origins of the city of Mineral Wells.
Waymark Code: WMY27P
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/05/2018
Views: 5
Within sight of this marker is the derelict Baker Hotel, which was the place in town to take in the waters, even visited by celebrities. Every few years, there are rumblings of efforts to restore the hotel and get the mineral water running again, but we'll believe it when it happens. Referenced on the marker and a sign nearby that complements it, the original well that started it all was presumably nearby.
Marker Number: 3394
Marker Text:
A town built on water. Founded 1877 by J.A. Lynch, a settler who miraculously recovered from rheumatism after drinking the foul-tasting, but apparently healthful, water in this well.
As the news spread, hundreds converged to "take" the waters, and a boom town sprang up. Its commercial slogan "crazy" arose from a reputed cure of insanity at the "crazy woman well".
Although the water's curative value is likely due to dissolved epsom and glauber salts, amazing powers were attributed to it.
For years Mineral Wells was Texas' leading health spa. (1969)
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