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[News Clip: Hill climb]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the annual motorcycle hill climbing competition in Mineral Wells.
Date: May 21, 1956
Duration: 3 minutes
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Motorcycle contests]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a motorcycle contest between a team of the best cyclists in Texas and a motorcycle team from Waterloo, Iowa.
Date: May 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Blood drive]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a parade at Southern Methodist University promoting the school's annual Red Cross blood drive, also sponsored by the local YMCA. The script goes on to describe a motorcycle race in Mineral Wells, held in the dry bed of the Brazos River.
Date: March 25, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Risky ride]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a group of motorcycle riders competing to climb loose-gravel hills on their bikes near Mineral Wells.
Date: May 10, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The First Motorcycle in Mineral Wells]

Description: A caption, taken from "Time Was..." by A. F. Weaver, on page 116 states: "Pictured in 1908 is Frank Richards, owner of the first motorcycle bought in Mineral Wells. D. C. Harris owned the second motorcycle." Frank Richards was the manager of the Star Well during Mineral Wells' heyday as a popular health spa, and the boy on the motorbike with him has been identified as his son, Robert Frank Richards. D. C. Harris was the postmaster, and served as Mayor of the city at one time.
Date: 1908
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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[News Clip: Motor Cycle Race]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a motorcycle race in Mineral Wells, held in the dry bed of the Brazos River.
Date: March 25, 1953
Duration: 49 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Hill too much for motorcyclists]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about motorcyclists in Mineral Wells, attempting to climb a hill in a race.
Date: June 2, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 07 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Motorcycle contests]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a motorcycle contest between a team of the best cyclists in Texas and a motorcycle team from Waterloo, Iowa.
Date: May 4, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Hill climb]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual motorcycle hill climbing competition in Mineral Wells.
Date: May 21, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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