Shown is the western shore of the island on the Laguna Madre. In addition to the salt industry in the Laguna, at least one settler is known to have tried to bolster his income by harvesting and selling salt from the Laguna. NPS photo. From at least the early 1850s to 1874, salt production was a major local industry in the Laguna Madre. The following excerpt from the Corpus Christi Caller (the predecessor to the Caller-Times) from many years ago describes it:
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