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The Fair Grounds and Race Track, Mineral Wells, Texas

Description: Shown here is a picture of a dirt horse-race track and fair grounds,located southeast of town. It is not known if thoroughbred horses raced, but sulkies are known to have raced here. This course was the first of its kind in Mineral Wells. Another track was constructed at Elmhurst Park, in the southeast part of town, after this one was torn down.
Date: 1900?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[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.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
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.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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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.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
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.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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