El Sal del Rey
N 26° 31.340 W 098° 04.596
14R E 592001 N 2933862
Location of a Salt Deposit
Waymark Code: WM1FGJ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/28/2007
Views: 36
City: Linn vicinity
County: Hidalgo
Year Marker Erected: 1964
Marker Location: from Linn, take FM 186 east about 4 miles
Marker Size: 14" x 24"
Marker Number: 1441
Marker Text:
(The salt of the King) Directly to the north. Upon Spanish discovery, 1746, claimed for King, under old law that salt was money. People of wide area got salt here. 1863-64 works aided Texas in the Civil War. Later disputes over El Sal del Rey established Texas laws for private ownership of minerals. (1964)
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