On Terlingua Ghost Town at Ivey Road, on the left when traveling north on Terlingua Ghost Town.
To a Modern Observer, living conditions in early 20th century Terlingua may seem primitive, even brutal. For immigrant miners, Terlingua and the Chisos Mine offered a distinct improvement over their native Mexico, which was torn by political . . . — — Map (db m220385) HM
On Terlingua Ghost Town Road at Ivey Road, on the left when traveling north on Terlingua Ghost Town Road.
Villalba family tradition traces their lineage to Algiers where several generations were members of the Order of Santiago in 1764, Federico's great-grandfather, Juan Villalba, traveled to New Spain (Mexico). He founded Rancho Villalba in 1773 near . . . — — Map (db m218941) HM
On Farm to Market Road 170, 0.7 miles west of SE Longdraw, on the right when traveling west.
Mercury, or Quicksilver, is derived from a red-colored ore known as cinnabar.
Cinnabar (sample at left) was used by Native-Americans as a durable pigment, and there are many places in Big Bend where traces of ancient drawings . . . — — Map (db m111500) HM
On Farm to Market Road 170 at Terlingua Ghost Town Road, on the left when traveling east on Route 170.
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 . . . — — Map (db m60861) HM
On Terlingua Ghost Town at Ivey Road, on the left when traveling north on Terlingua Ghost Town.
This cemetery dates from the early 1900's when Terlingua became a flourishing mercury mining town. It served the district as the final resting place for residents and mine workers that succumbed to dangerous working conditions, gunfights, and the . . . — — Map (db m220372) HM