Cotulla Twelve Thousand Mexican Gold — La Salle County

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Cotulla Twelve Thousand Mexican Gold — La Salle County

Lost Treasure TX • La Salle County County
Description
Cotulla legend of $12,000 in Mexican gold buried somewhere near the county seat on the San Antonio–Laredo rail corridor.
Historical Notes
The Rocker Box La Salle County compilation states that $12,000 in Mexican gold is buried somewhere near Cotulla. After the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the Nueces Strip between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande remained a haven for desperados until ranching and the railroads arrived in the 1870s and 1880s. Mexican gold coin caches appear frequently in South Texas guidebooks along the Old Presidio Road and IG&N corridor. Related entries document separate border and Winter Garden plain variants in Webb, Dimmit, and Duval counties. Coordinates mark the Cotulla area in northwestern La Salle County.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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