27 July 1975, Fort Worth Star Telegram A F Weaver , author of the book “ Time Was in Mineral Wells ” and champion of the preservation of Min...

Color slide - Baker Hotel from Hwy 180 looking east (1940s)  

  Beautiful old postcard of the Baker Hotel. The smaller building to the right is the old Methodist Church.

The usual boomtown story goes something like this: gold or some other precious metal is discovered and prospectors pitch tents in a cluster ...