Cedar Park Brushy Creek Payroll Legend

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Cedar Park Brushy Creek Payroll Legend

Lost Treasure TX • Williamson County County
Description
Fast-growing Cedar Park area along Brushy Creek — 19th-century legend of a buried railroad payroll near the old Austin & Northwestern right-of-way northwest of Austin.
Historical Notes
Cedar Park and Leander sit on the former Austin & Northwestern Railway (later T&P) route through Williamson County. Railroad payroll robberies were a staple of Texas outlaw lore in the 1870s–1880s. Local compilations place an unrecovered payroll cache along Brushy Creek in the corridor between Leander and Cedar Park — near the same railroad line that served McNeil and Round Rock during the Sam Bass era. Urban and suburban development has transformed the landscape since the 1800s. Coordinates approximate Cedar Park along Brushy Creek. Private property throughout.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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