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History
in a Mineral Water Bottle
Originally the town was named Old Vineyard for local resident
G. W. Vineyard.
In the 1880s Vineyard discovered that sore on his legs were cured
by spring waters. The healing powers of the waters attracted a lot
of attention and so the place was dubbed "Wizard Wells." The town
never prospered to the extent of other mineral springs, probably because
it was lacking a railroad
link. The population was close to 200 from the 1920s until the 1940s.
Postwar mobility drained off its share of the townsfolk and now its
down to the reported estimate of 70. |
Jack
County TX 1907 Postal Map showing Vineyard & Sebree
Modification of Texas General Land Office 1920s map |
Wizard Wells,
Texas Forum
Subject: Wizard
Wells
My great great aunt was an early settler in Wizard Wells. She and
her husband married early in the 1860's and homesteaded there. Her
mother, Leticia Myers is buried in Wizard Wells Cemetery, but I cannot
find any trace of my aunt, Harriett Myers Brant nor her husband, Archibald
G. Brant. If you have any information on them, I would appreciate
hearing from you at PHWMW@Aol.com. - P Womack, El Paso, Texas, October
13, 2005 |
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