Terlingua
FM 170, east of Terlingua Ghost Town Road, Terlingua, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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EST. 1890
EST. 1890
1890
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Terlingua.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About Terlingua
Terlingua grew after an 1890 cinnabar strike made it the world's leading source of mercury, supplying about forty percent of national demand by 1922. Howard E. Perry's Chisos Mining Company anchored a boomtown of roughly two thousand miners, with its own jail, church, and theater. Falling mercury prices and flooded mines ended the town's mining economy after 1945.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Terlingua
Famous Texas Ghost Town Terlingua With the mother-ore cinnabar strike in 1890, Terlingua became the world's quicksilver capital, yielding 40 percent of nation's need by 1922. Its name from Terlingua (Three Tongues) Creek nearby, was coined by Mexican herders. Comanche, Shawnees and Apaches lived on its upper reaches. Howard E. Perry's two-story mansion overlooked his Chisos Mining Company and townsite here, where 2,000 miners once used its jail, church, ice cream parlor, and theater. The mine flooded, mineral price fell and Terlingua died after World War II. (1966) Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5377006478
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