Marker Inscription
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 deputed 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)
About this site
Mineral Wells is a historical marker in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, dedicated in 1969. It is one of 45 historical markers documented in Palo Pinto County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 53 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.8117, -98.1128 near Mineral Wells. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mineral Wells Post Office, Old (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Famous Mineral Water Company, First Presbyterian Church (Demolished c. 1980), and Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway Depot.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5363003394. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
