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[News Script: Drowning]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story. This story aired at 10pm.
Date: April 6, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A Brazos River Scene]

Description: This 1925 photograph shows individuals, in clothing of the period, at the Brazos River. It appears to be a holiday outing. Some of the people sitting and standing are in full dress, and not wearing swim suits. The flat and sandy shore is reminiscent of the Village Bend area of the Brazos River in the vicinity of Oaks Crossing (the early Brazos ford on the main road from Palo Pinto to Weatherford) some 6 miles southeast of Palo Pinto. The opposite shoreline in the photograph is rocky, with he… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Photograph of a Lovers' Retreat]

Description: Color postcard with an image of Lovers' Retreat. Handwritten on the front of the postcard is, "Amarillo, Texas, This place is 18 miles from here. There is a crowd going Sunday from this boarding house and want us to go with them. Jasir." The postcard is addressed to Mrs. Alfred Bassano, S. Mill St., Paris, Texas. It is postmarked Mineral Wells, Tex. on May 9, 1907.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

River Bridge Between Graford and Palo Pinto

Description: Photograph of nine people standing in front of a bridge that crosses the Brazos River between Graford and Palo Pinto, Texas. Four of the middle aged or older men stand to the left, while three more kneel in front of them. Two women wearing dresses and head scarfs stand in front of a tree to the right.
Date: unknown
Partner: Palo Pinto County Historical Association

Lover's Retreat

Description: Photograph of a rocky outcropping jutting out over a river. The area, called Lover's Retreat, is covered with vegetation. A man can be seen walking along the edge of the overhanging rocks.
Date: 1910~
Partner: Palo Pinto County Historical Association

[Inspiration Point]

Description: The label on the photograph reads both "Possum Kingdom Dam" and "Inspiration Point". A. F. and Patsy Weaver are shown enjoying the view from Inspiration Point. A.F. Weaver himself took the photograph, using a tripod and camera timer,in the same vicinity where he had proposed to Patsy Weaver years before this photograph was taken. In the early part of the twentieth century,the internationally known evangelist, Billy Sunday, visited Mineral Wells. He was told about an outstanding view from a… more
Date: 1950~
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Crazy Hotel, Mineral Wells, Texas - America's Great Health Resort

Description: This picture shows a pamphlet that was presumably published for the purpose of enticing prospective guests to the Crazy Hotel. The text touts the hotel as being "Fire-proof" (Its predecessor was not), and it extends "Special considerations shown at many hotels only to a favored few." The text is surrounded with pictures of the accommodations, and the various activities available at the hotel. At the very bottom, there is an advertisement for Crazy Crystals. The text ends with a notice of wh… more
Date: unknown
Creator: the Crazy Hotel
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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[News Clip: United Nations]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a meeting of the Dallas Council on World Affairs concerning U. S. foreign policy in the far east.
Date: November 15, 1958
Duration: 55 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The John Graves Scenic Riverway: A Report to the 83rd Legislature of Texas

Description: This report is a response increased citizens concerns for environmental impacts from development and expansion operations. The John Graves Scenic Riverway and other pilot programs were developed to to address water quality from rock, sand, and gravel mining.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Texas. Commission on Envirornmental Quality. Office of Compliance and Enforcement.
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[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

The John Graves Scenic Riverway: A Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature

Description: The fourth biennial report on the John Graves Scenic Riverway and the pilot program to enhance water quality protection, focusing on the implementation of regulations adopted under Senate Bill 1354 and the effects of these rules on regulated quarry activities in the John Graves Scenic Riverway.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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