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1 V4VU VVC1I.Salt from the lakes was ^considered a vital resource Jby the Confederacy duringthe Civil War, the handbook 31* \ 'i states. ci Camels, which had beenf used in the west experimentally as the U.S. Army ; Camel Corps” before the 1war, were brought in by the tci Confederates to haul the 11salt, which became a valu-i able trading commodity, ■Fort wrote. I; Salt was mined fromi both areas up until aboutWorld Warll. I
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Harlingen Rio Grande Farmer
Harlingen, Texas, US
Sun, Jul 07, 2013
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