FIRST - Industry in Texas - Dumas, TX
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YoSam.
N 35° 50.512 W 101° 58.357
14S E 231513 N 3970489
Prehistoric man discover how to make money
Waymark Code: WMTFQ0
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/18/2016
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County of Marker: Moore County
Location of Marker: US-87/287 (Dumas Ave.) & E. 19th St., Dumas Visitors Center, Chamber of Commerce lawn, S. limits of Dumas
Marker Erected by: State Historical Survey Committee
Date Marker Erected: 1970
Marker text:
GEOLOGICAL RICHES ON MOORE COUNTY
Have proved beneficial from earliest times when
prehistoric man developed first industry in Texas by mining flint deposits along the Canadian River. Items made from these quarries have been found over a large portion of the western United States.
Slabs of dolomite from area were used to build sturdy, warm homes; interiors were coated with mixture of sand, clay and caliche -- an advance uncommon in prehistoric North America.
Modern man has established 31 industries based on oil and gas, to take advantage of geological riches untapped by ancient man.
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