Quicksilver: Terlingua and the Chisos Mining Company

This is the fascinating story of Howard E. Perry and his Terlingua fiefdom on the edge of Big Bend National Park. Ragsdale's Quicksilver: Terlingua and the Chisos Mining Company is perhaps the best book written on the Big Bend country.--William H. Goetzmann

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. This study, available again in a redesigned paperback edition, examines 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, Quicksilver is solidly researched and historically sound. 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.

Author: Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 01/01/1984
Pages: 366
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780890961889
ISBN10: 0890961883
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Business & Economics | Industries | General

About the Author
Historian KENNETH BAXTER RAGSDALE is the author of The Year America Discovered Texas Centennial '36, published by Texas A&M University Press, as well as several other books and articles in Texas history.

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