The Ghost Towns of Big Bend
Shafter and Terlingua
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5 min readFeb 7, 2023
18 miles north of Presidio, Texas on Highway 67 is the silver-mining ghost town of Shafter. I used Google Maps to know enough to drive behind the main road and find more ruins. Shafter was known as the Silver Capital of Texas. You just have to drive around to find all the ruins. Turn down every back road to see it all.
