title: [The Gibson Well- - Souvenir Photograph]
date: 1910?
language: English
description: This picture appears to be a souvenir photograph of the Gibson Well
 drinking pavilion and park, one of the earliest mineral water supply spots in
 Mineral Wells. It grew into one of the larger parks and pavilions in
 town.  
     The gasoline-powered "Dinky Cars" of the Mineral Wells Lakewood
 Park Scenic Railway passed here every quarter-hour (from 1905 to 1909) on
 their journey to and from Lake Pinto.  
     The Crazy Industries had
 acquired the property by 1938, and it became known as Crazy Park, a beautiful
 botanical park.  
     The mineral water industry became a victim of the FDA
 and the wartime activities during World War II. As a result, the mineral water
 pavilions, along with other parts of the local health industry, died a slow
 death.  The First Christian Church now occupies the site of the Gibson
 pavilion.
subject: Architecture
subject: Wells
coverage: United States - Texas - Palo Pinto County - Mineral Wells
coverage: New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression,
 1877-1939
coverage: 1910?
rights: Public
type: Photograph
format: Image
identifier: local-cont-no: AWO_1719N
identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth24962/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth24962