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Page 3 - Palo Pinto, the town
Palo
Pinto County is nearly 1,000 square miles and the entire county population
is only 25,000. People from the Austin
area can see there are hills outside the Hill
Country and Texans from below Waco
will marvel at how clear and scenic the Brazos
River is north of Mineral
Wells.
Detailed brochures and maps are available for Lake Mineral Wells
(actually in Parker County although it's owned and managed by
the City of Mineral Wells), Possum Kingdom
Lake and Lake Palo Pinto.
Mineral
Wells Hotels > Book Your Hotel
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Possum
Kingdom Lake
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Palo Pinto
County - A Brief History
Palo
Pinto County was established in 1856 from Bosque and Navarro
Counties with Golconda as its county seat. The name was
changed in 1858 to Palo Pinto. In 1850 there were still 1000 Indians
living along the Brazos River and corn was the county's main crop.
The railroad (Texas and Pacific) came through southern Palo Pinto
County in 1880. 1891 saw the Weatherford and Mineral Wells and Northwestern
Railway completed. Fort Wolters (now the Mineral Wells Industrial
Park) was originally a National Guard training facility in 1925
and during WWII became an infantry training camp. It became an Air
Force Base for a few years in the 1950s and then became Army property
again, this time for helicopter pilot training. The fort closed
permanently in '73.
Ghost Town Thurber - Trip
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