Fort Ewell Guajoco Cavalry Cache — La Salle County

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Fort Ewell Guajoco Cavalry Cache — La Salle County

Lost Treasure TX • La Salle County County
Description
Guajoco legend of Army pay or supply funds cached near Fort Ewell — the 1852 U.S. Army outpost on the San Antonio–Laredo road where it crossed the Nueces River in western La Salle County.
Historical Notes
In May 1852 the United States Army established Fort Ewell where the San Antonio–Laredo road crossed the Nueces to protect travelers. The site proved unhealthful and the fort was abandoned in 1854; meanwhile the settlement Guajoco, also known as Fort Ewell, grew about 1½ miles away and became Stuart's Rancho, the first La Salle County seat in 1880. By 1871 about sixty people lived in or near Guajoco, which had a post office, saloon, general store, and stagecoach stop. Cavalry-post folklore commonly describes buried pay chests when troops rotated out of the Nueces Strip. Coordinates approximate the Fort Ewell crossing on the Nueces River in western La Salle County.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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