Blanco Mohair Wool Boom Ranch Payroll — Blanco County

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Blanco Mohair Wool Boom Ranch Payroll — Blanco County

Lost Treasure TX • Blanco County County
Description
Blanco County legend of a mohair-and-wool ranch payroll cached during the 1920s boom — when local ranchers sheared more than 274,000 pounds of mohair and ran 71,000 sheep.
Historical Notes
Between 1910 and 1930 Blanco County became a major sheep, goat, and mohair region. By 1929 farmers sheared almost 274,000 pounds of mohair from 81,500 goats and counted 71,000 sheep producing over 433,000 pounds of wool. Depression-era ranch-payroll folklore places strongboxes along Hill Country sheep trails where weekly wages moved as cash before rural banking fully reached remote ranches. Related Sonora-area entries document Edwards Plateau mohair variants west of Blanco County. Coordinates approximate the open-range ranch country west of Blanco between the Blanco River and the Gillespie County line.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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