title: Crazy Well, Mineral Wells, Texas
date: 1885
language: English
description: This is a picture of the first Crazy Well drinking pavilion, the
 first such facility in the city.  When a Mr. Wiggins dug the third well in
 town, it was frequented by a "crazy woman" who was eventually cured of her
 dementia.  Because of the word-of-mouth publicity, people came from miles
 around to drink the health-giving water.  A house was built around the well
 for the convenience of the customers.  The highly successful business
 attracted competition, and one of the most popular health spas in the nation
 grew from these beginnings.
subject: wells
subject: vintage clothing
subject: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Horse-Drawn Vehicles
subject: Architecture
coverage: United States - Texas - Palo Pinto County - Mineral Wells
coverage: The Cattle Boom, 1865-1890
coverage: 1890?
rights: Public
type: Photograph
format: 1 photograph : b&w
format: Image
identifier: local-cont-no: AWO_1639N
identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth24974/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth24974