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Date added: January 1, 2014; Modified: July 17, 2022
“Allocation of $22,126 for a municipal cemetery project for Mineral Wells was announced by federal PWA offices in Washington Saturday. According to local authorities, the grant is to finance purchase of suitable land for the cemetery and beautification work.” (Sweetwater… read more
Date added: December 16, 2018
The community of Mineral Wells hoped for the State of Texas to establish a new state park near where the Bankhead Highway crossed the Brazos River. That plan failed to materialize, so the city offered its existing 70-acre city park… read more
Date added: June 25, 2018; Modified: June 25, 2018
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 1811 arrived in Mineral Wells in June 1933 to begin work on project SP-8, a state park that never was completed and transferred to the state. The company divided its time between the park and… read more
Date added: December 1, 2014; Modified: December 11, 2014
The first free-standing house built for home economics education was constructed in Mineral Wells, Texas following site selection by state supervisor of home economics Lillian Peek in 1933. It was completed by federal labor using native stone, and was occupied… read more
Date added: December 11, 2014; Modified: December 11, 2014
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) erected an amphitheater in Mineral Wells, Texas during the Great Depression. The natural rock, earth, and grass amphitheater behind the Lillian Peek Home Economics building in Mineral Wells was constructed in 1937. Both projects were… read more