Quicksilver: Terlingua and the Chisos Mining Company Paperback - 1984
by Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale; Foreword by Joe B. Frantz
From the rear cover
Before Terlingua achieved some notoriety as the site of the annual World Championship Chili Cookoff, the ghost town was the bustling center of the mercury mining industry in the United States. Quicksilver tells the story of the company town and its feudal lord, Chicago industrialist Howard E. Perry, who built a hilltop mansion overlooking the dry domain. Based on many primary sources, this solidly researched and historically sound book tells of profit, power, and loss; of U.S. Army protection from the effects of revolution south of the border; of Depression-era maneuverings and labor unrest; and of a region that holds growing fascination for thousands of visitors each year. Color and authenticity come from the author's interviews with such individuals as Robert Cartledge, who for nearly three decades worked as store clerk, purchasing agent, and finally general manager of the Chisos Mining Company in Terlingua.
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- Title Quicksilver: Terlingua and the Chisos Mining Company
- Author Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale; Foreword by Joe B. Frantz
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 3rd Printing
- Pages 366
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX
- Date 1984-01-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780890961889 / 0890961883
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.1 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.79 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Mid-South
- Cultural Region: South
- Cultural Region: Southwest U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: Texas
- Library of Congress subjects Terlingua (Tex.) - History, Mercury mines and mining - Texas - Terlingua
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 75004081
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.762
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