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7 unusual facts about Mineral Wells


ALCO Stores

The company previously experimented with a combination discount and food store called C.O.L.A. (Cost of Living Adjusters) in Mineral Wells, Texas, which was discontinued.

Bat World Sanctuary

The original Bat World was built in a historic retail building in downtown Mineral Wells, Texas.

Mineral Wells, Texas

Also from Mineral Wells is Astronaut Millie Hughes-Fulford, who graduated from Mineral Wells High School in 1962.

Since March 1945, the southern wall of Deutsches Weintor ("German Wine Gate") in Schweigen-Rechtenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, bears the Graffito: "Jere Gills Min. Wells 3-45" and a map of Texas with a star, marking the position of Mineral Wells.

Salts from the mineral springs were marketed by Carr Collins, Sr. as Crazy Crystals in the 1930s as having curative powers, but their sale was then suppressed by the Food and Drug Administration.

This town is also commemorated in the eponymous Tom Russell song, including specific references to the Crazy Water Hotel.

Wolf Brand Chili

A web site for the preservation of the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas, states that the hotel maintained a supply of Wolf Brand for the visits of country singer Ernest Tubb.


Tygart Creek

It rises south of Rockport and flows generally northward through Rockport and Mineral Wells.


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Rowan Nathaniel House

He spent his childhood in Mineral Wells, just south of Memphis, Tennessee and later attended the Art Institute of Chicago.