Callahan Expedition Piedras Negras Plunder — Maverick County

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Callahan Expedition Piedras Negras Plunder — Maverick County

Lost Treasure TX • Maverick County County
Description
Eagle Pass legend of contraband and plunder buried after the 1855 Callahan expedition — when James H. Callahan looted and burned Piedras Negras after Fort Duncan commanders refused to help him recross the Rio Grande.
Historical Notes
In 1855 James H. Callahan led a force pursuing Lipan Apache raiders and runaway slaves into Mexico. After an encounter at La Marama on the Río Escondido, his men seized and burned the Mexican town of Piedras Negras opposite Eagle Pass. Fort Duncan commanders refused to aid Callahan's recrossing into Texas, creating an international incident. Border folklore imagines loot from Piedras Negras hurriedly cached in limestone bluffs and arroyos on the Maverick County side before pursuers arrived. Coordinates mark the Eagle Pass–Piedras Negras international crossing corridor. Related entry "Eagle Pass Silver Coins in Creviced Bluff" documents separate coin-bag folklore north of town.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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