Registering for the walk at the trailhead pavilion.
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| Registering for the walk at the trailhead pavilion. |
Crossing a small pedestrian bridge. |
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Oversized rocker at the Natty Flat Smokehouse. |
A tiny black bi-plane on a doctor's office tells you which way the wind is blowing. |
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| A-frame First Baptist Church. |
1913 high school sits empty. |
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| 1886 Rock School Is now a museum. |
The natural rock, earth, and grass amphitheater erected by the Works Progress Administration (WPA)in 1937. |
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| The first free-standing house built for home economics education by the WPA in 1933. |
Pink primroses. |
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| Octagon building is First Presbyterian Church |
1910 Tygrett House is a lovely Queen Anne. |
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| Debra and Dave chatting with people sitting on their front porch. |
No information on this lovely house. |
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| Nice bridge in the courtyard of The First Christian Church |
The First Christian Church bell tower. |
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| Large bottle at the Crazy Water Store. |
Free standing arch at the Crazy Water. |
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| Quiet tree lined street. |
Monarch butterfly mural. |
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| Octagon gazebo in the park. |
Pour out your heart mural. |
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| Restored Coca-Cola ghost sign. |
Good view of the Baker Hotel which we will walk by later. |
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| One of two murals on the old Seaman Building which was a Pontiac Dealership back in the 30s. |
Other mural on the Seaman Building is a black and white Buick. |
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| Pedestal Clock |
Old horse trough has been made into a nice fountain. It was one block off the walk route. |
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| International Truck on display inside a store. We went in to look at the truck and discovered they were giving away free samples of "Crazy Water" so we tried it. Tasted great! |
Dandelion Wish mural. |
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| Kokopelli mural. |
1908 building with IOOF (Odd Fellows Lodge). |
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| Another pedestal clock. |
"The Spirit of Progress" is the logo of Montgomery Wards. |
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| The historic 1911 Mineral Wells Post Office is now used by the Mineral Wells Women's Club. |
Two story sandstone across from the Baker Hotel has 1899 and Yeager Block on the edge of the roof. |
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| The Baker Hotel has lots of informational displays. |
We found this one particularly interesting. After lunch we went looking for the sign. |
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| There was cactus growing on the hotel. |
Front entrance of the Baker Hotel. |
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| Haunted Hill House: claims to have 9 ghosts living there! |
Gary and Heidi in the Hood County Hummers bright yellow/green shirts. |
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| We returned to the start via the old railroad trail. |
The old Mineral Wells Depot. |
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| Zoomed in on this refurbished ghost sign off to the side on an old building. |
Baggage wagon in front of the depot. |
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| Official sign for the trailway. |
Old wooden water tower with the down spouts to supply the trains. |
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| Last caboose that traveled the tracks. |
We found the sign. It was on the East side of town so those coming in from Weatherford on US-180 have a good view of it. |
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