Federico Villalba Historical Marker

Texas Historical Commision Marker Located in the Terlingua, TX Cemetery. Text reads: "Villalba family tradition traces their lineage to Algiers where several generations were members of the Order of Santiago. In 1764, Federico's great-grandfather, Juan Villalba, traveled to New Spain (Mexico). He founded Rancho Villalba in 1773 near present-day Aldama, Chihuahua, where Federico Villalba was born in 1858. Federico left his family's ranch and moved to San Carlos near the U.S.-Mexico border. He set up a store, selling rope, leather goods and sundries; it soon became important in San Carlos, and eventually supplied the military in the area. In the early 1880s, Villalba expanded his business interests into Texas. He settled in an area he called Cerro Villalba and opened a store. In 1889, Federico married Maria Cortez and began purchasing land. In 1902, Villalba located an outcrop of cinnabar, a mineral that produces mercury, and became the first Hispanic in the county to file a mining claim. Villalba, Tiburcio de la Rosa, D. Alarcon, and William study entered into a partnership that covered six parcels of twenty-one acres each, including what became known as the study butte mine. The Associated Mining Community took on the mine's name (Study Butte), …
Date: September 27, 2019
Creator: Hicks, William
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gonzo Grave Terlingua Cemetery

Grave in Terlingua Cemetery. Marker reads: "GONZO Mark J. Lemke Arrived: 1/5/56 Departed: 5/14/07 Live Life Large" Memorialized with buddah statues, prayer flags, flowers, an oar, assorted broken pottery.
Date: September 27, 2019
Creator: Hicks, William
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boss Bird David Tinsley Grave Terlingua Cemetery

Above ground stone memorial of David Tinsley 1938-2014. Gravesite is adorned with chickens; cross appears to be constructed from airplane propellers which reads "BOSSBIRD" on the vertical axis.
Date: September 27, 2019
Creator: Hicks, William
System: The Portal to Texas History

Terlingua Cemetery

Graves in Terlingua Cemetery.
Date: September 27, 2019
Creator: Hicks, William
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grave - Terlingua Cemetery

Graves marked with wooden crosses in Terlingua Cemetery.
Date: September 27, 2019
Creator: Hicks, William
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grave - Terlingua Cemetery

Wooden Crosses and stacked stones on grave - Terlingua Cemetery
Date: September 27, 2019
Creator: Hicks, William
System: The Portal to Texas History

World Famous Clay Henry Mayor of Lajitas

Photograph of a goat pen located on the north side of Highway 170 in Lajitas, TX near Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park. A sign reads: "World Famous Clay Henry Mayor of Lajitas." Clay Henry IV is visible in the foreground while an unidentified companion goat can be observed in the background.
Date: September 27, 2019
Creator: Hicks, William
System: The Portal to Texas History