Mineral Wells

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Marker No: 3394

18 x 28 Aluminum Subject Marker 

Geographic: ​32° 48.524′ N, 98° 6.768′ W

Location: Intersection of North Oak Avenue (U.S. 281) and Southeast 1st Street, on the right when traveling north on North Oak Avenue, Mineral Wells. 

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)