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Mineral Wells is located in the Millsap Valley in the beautiful North Texas Hill Country.  It is surrounded by the Pinto Hills and flanked to the west by the Brazos River.  Mineral Wells has a glourious history, a town founded on the mineral-rich soil formed in the Pennsylvanian Period.  Because of these mineral deposits, Mineral Wells was first famous for its curative waters.  The mineral deposits enabled the production of petroleum products as wells as bricks and other ceramics.

Mineral Wells was the home of the renowned F-Troop, made famous in World War II for its excellence in service in Burma.  Mineral Wells was also home of Fort Wolters, first an Army induction center in World War II, and later the primary helicopter Army base during the Vietnam War.  Today the National Vietnam War Museum is located in Mineral Wells.

There are many other attractions in Mineral Wells today including Lake Mineral Wells State Park and Trailway, Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Clark Garden Botanical Park, Double H Hacienda and Art Ranch, Famous Mineral Water Company, and Little Rock Schoolhouse Museum, the first public school in Mineral Wells.

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