‘Crazy’ Plans in Mineral Wells Could Bring Health-Seeking Tourists to Texas

Mineral Wells shrunk in population over the years and now it’s making a come back.

Crazy Water Hotel General Manager Cynthia Nelson on the seventh-floor ballroom of Mineral Wells' oldest hotel. The Texas icon is being used for weddings and proms, but she also notes, "This is such a great setting for a sunset or a thunderstorm." Chitose Suzuki/The Dallas Morning News/TNS

By Sarah Blaskovich From The Dallas Morning News

Movers and shakers in the small Texas town of Mineral Wells 80 miles west of Dallas are ready for redemption. In a few years, this sleepy town known for its proximity to Possum Kingdom Lake could become a renewed Texas tourism destination. And, maybe, Mineral Wells can become a boomtown once again.