Our Area
Mineral Wells is located in the Millsap Valley in the
beautiful North Texas Hill Country. It is surrounded by the Pinto
Hills and flanked to the west by the Brazos River. Mineral Wells
has a glourious history, a town founded on the mineral-rich soil formed
in the Pennsylvanian Period. Because of these mineral deposits,
Mineral Wells was first famous for its curative waters. The
mineral deposits enabled the production of petroleum products as wells
as bricks and other ceramics.
Mineral Wells was the home of the renowned F-Troop, made famous in
World War II for its excellence in service in Burma. Mineral
Wells was also home of Fort Wolters, first an Army induction center in
World War II, and later the primary helicopter Army base during the
Vietnam War. Today the National
Vietnam War Museum is located in Mineral Wells.
There are many other attractions in Mineral Wells today including Lake
Mineral Wells State Park and Trailway, Mineral Wells Fossil Park,
Clark
Garden Botanical Park, Double H Hacienda and
Art Ranch, Famous Mineral
Water Company, and Little Rock Schoolhouse Museum, the first public
school in Mineral Wells.
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