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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23W9_quicksilver_Terlingua-TX.html
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 are found.
In t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15D0_terlingua_Terlingua-TX.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10HW_terlingua-abaja_Terlingua-TX.html
This deserted farming village supplied produce for miners and ranchers of the area from 1900 until the 1930's. You are welcome to walk across Terlingua Creek into the heart of the rock and adobe ruins. It is hard to believe that the banks of Terli…