Terlingua ghost town
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The Perry School or what was left of it…used to be one of the largest schools in the area. It started out as a “tent house” with one teacher and grew to over a 5 room building with 4 teachers, a principal and 80 students.įrom there we headed up towards the church. Naturally, his mansion sat up on a hill overlooking the mine and the mountains. Can you imagine how long it took them to dig those holes? Crazy… Perry Mansion The shafts, although now closed off, were hand dug and there are over 8 miles of tunnels over 800 feet deep. We started our tour staring down one of the remaining mine shafts. People who inhabit the town artists, musicians and as they say, “free thinkers”. It was abandoned in the 40s and now the only
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Terlingua used to be a mercury mining town. People still live in some of the houses and some small businesses have moved into some of the bigger buildings but it was still interesting to read about what Terlingua was like many many moons ago… When we heard “Ghost Town” we were thinking haunted buildings and such but apparently ghost towns are really just old mining villages that have gone to the wayside. With a $1.00 donation at the Terlingua Trading Company (apparently one of the largest standing adobe buildings in Texas), we had a map and were quickly discovering some of the history of Terlingua. One morning, we decided to head into Terlingua Ghost Town for a walking tour. The town is currently in the process of restoring it.Like we said in our earlier posts, the Big Bend area of Texas isn’t exactly pet friendly so we had to get a bit creative when it came to finding ways to walk Molly. Services were once a month when the priest visited and many of the early residents were baptized or married here.
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Like we said in our earlier posts, the Big Bend area of Texas isn’t exactly pet friendly so we had to get a bit creative when it came to finding ways to walk Molly.