Terlingua Texas Ghost Town
by Linda Cox
Title
Terlingua Texas Ghost Town
Artist
Linda Cox
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
This image was taken near Big Bend National Park in the Texas ghost town of Terlingua. The name Terlingua (three tongues) was coined many years ago by Mexican herders, and was named after the Terlingua (three tongues) Creek which runs (sometimes) nearby. It is located outside of Big Bend National Park near the Rio Grande River that separates Texas and Mexico. This is an area that was roamed by some of Texas' most violent Native Indian tribes...the Comanche, Apache and the Shawnee. It was not a hospitable land, but in the 1800's cinnabar (a red-mercury sulfide, from which mercury can be extracted) was discovered in abundance at Terlingua and soon became home to the historic Chisos Mining Company. At one time Terlingua had a population of around 2,000 miners who all enjoyed the towns jail, church, ice cream parlor and theater. It is now home to several dozen living inhabitants, numerous accounts of non-living inhabitants and a multitude of rattlesnakes. A few buildings remain, many crumbling used-to-be abodes are still visible, and the cemetery which houses over 400 used-to-be residents is alive with it's own kind of beauty. Long story short: the mine flooded, mercury was no longer needed, Terlingua died. This image would be at home on the wall of any ranch house, lodge, cabin, or western style office or business. Memories of days gone by.
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January 23rd, 2014
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