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[A Souvenir Photograph of a Donkey Ride up East Mountain]

Description: Entertainment for the many visitors to Mineral Wells around the turn of the twentieth century was provided, in part, by donkey rides up a trail to the top of East Mountain. The donkey trail crossed a 1,000-step staircase, built in 1905, to the top of the mountain about half-way up. Photographers, first J.C. McClure and then J.L. Young, took souvenir photographs of the visitors at this crossing. This photograph of the Belcher family was a taken by J. D. McClure. Mr. John M. Belcher … more
Date: 1900?
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Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Allen family riding donkeys in Mineral Wells]

Description: Photograph of five people mounted on donkeys in a rocky outcrop with a rocky mountain wall behind them. They are all dressed up, the women wearing long dresses or skirts and the man wearing a three-piece suit, and the boy at center wearing a nice jacket. All wear hats except the man, whose hat has fallen on the ground, and the boy who holds his hat. The photograph is mounted on black cardstock which has an imprint in gold on the lower left corner that reads, "Photo Car / H. Clark / Mineral Well… more
Date: August 1901
Creator: Clark, H.
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Partner: Tarrant County Archives

[A.P. George as a young man, riding a saddled mule]

Description: Photograph of A.P. George as a young man. He is mounted on a saddled mule on the side of a rocky hill. He is wearing a light colored suit and bowtie, white colored shirt and light colored hat. He is holding a fan in his right hand and an opened black umbrella in his left hand along with the reins of the donkey. His feet are in stirrups on either side. Trees are in the background on the side of the hill. On bottom, handwritten: "Albert Geoge (sic) (Mineral Wells)"
Date: unknown
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Partner: George Ranch Historical Park
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