Historical Markers in Texas

El Sal del Rey

History·Hidalgo County·Texas

(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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26.5238, -98.0784

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