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Fort Wolters U.S. Highway 180 gate in 2018. Fort Wolters was a United States military installation four miles northeast of Mineral Wells, Texas.. The fort was originally named Camp Wolters in honor of Brigadier General Jacob F. Wolters, commander of the 56th Cavalry Brigade of the National Guard, which used the area as a summer training ground. [1]
1341714 [2] Website. MineralWellsTX.gov. Mineral Wells is a city in Palo Pinto and Parker Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 14,820 at the 2020 census. The city is named for mineral wells in the area, which were highly popular in the early 1900s.
The story of the Baker Hotel began in 1922, when citizens of Mineral Wells, concerned that noncitizens were profiting from the growing fame of the community's mineral water, raised $150,000 in an effort to build a large hotel facility owned by local shareholders. They solicited the services of prominent Texas hotel magnate Theodore Brasher ...
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway is a state park located in Mineral Wells, Parker County, Texas. It includes Lake Mineral Wells, and is the only state park in Texas which protects part of the Western Cross Timbers and Mineral Wells Trailway. Also within the park is Penitentiary Hollow, a somewhat ...
Jan. 30, 1942: Movie star Judy Garland is in Mineral Wells, Texas, to visit Camp Wolters and appear in a USO show. The famous “Wizard of Oz” actress poses with Brigadier General Emil F ...
32°52′51″N 98°08′51″W / 32.8808°N 98.1474°W / 32.8808; -98.1474 (Gallagher House) Mineral Wells vicinity. 4. Mineral Wells Central Historic District. Mineral Wells Central Historic District. September 4, 2020. (#100005524) Roughly bounded by NW 9th St., NE 3rd Ave., SE 6th St., and NW 3rd Ave.
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Palo Pinto County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 28,409. [1] The county seat is Palo Pinto. [2] The county was created in 1856 and organized the following year. [3] Palo Pinto County comprises the Mineral Wells micropolitan statistical area, which is part of the Dallas – Fort Worth ...