Crazy Water: The Story of Mineral Wells and Other Texas Health Resorts Volume 10

by Gene Fowler

Book Overview

In 1863 Sam Houston, physically and emotionally scarred by a lifetime of battles, tried the soothing mineral water baths at Sour Lake, TX. Almost a century later, Dallas billionaire H.L. Hunt heard of miraculous cures at Indian Hot Springs, on the Mexican border, and bought the fading resort. His improvements and the famed springs which could restore all kinds of powers attracted such celebrities as boxing champ Gene Tunney and Texas congressman Olin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875650910
• ISBN13: 9780875650913
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"