Great Salt Lake
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PeterNoG
N 26° 28.824 W 097° 54.960
14R E 608043 N 2929342
This Texas Historical Marker is on Hwy 186, 8.3 miles west of US Hwy 77 Business in Raymondville. It's at Hwy 186 and Kenaf Road (County Road 70).
Waymark Code: WMJR8H
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/22/2013
Views: 4
Marker Title: Great Salt Lake
Address: SH 186, W. of Raymondville
City: Raymondville
County: Willacy
Subject Codes: geology; water topics
Year Marker Erected: 1936
Designations: na
Marker Location: From Raymondville, take SH 186 West about 7 mi.
Marker Size: 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite)
Marker Number: 2264
Marker Text:
Here has existed, since the first Spanish chronicler traversed the region, a great salt lake which supplied all northern Mexico with salt.
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