Fort Leaton Gold Cache — Presidio County

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Fort Leaton Gold Cache — Presidio County

Lost Treasure TX • Presidio County County
Description
Presidio County legend of a cache of gold buried at Fort Leaton — the adobe trading post on the Rio Grande near Presidio in the La Junta district.
Historical Notes
The Rocker Box Presidio County page describes a cache of gold supposedly buried at Fort Leaton. Fort Leaton State Historic Site preserves Ben Leaton's 1848 adobe fortress on the Rio Grande, a key Chihuahua Trail trading post. Related entries: La Junta mission treasure legends document separate colonial caches near Presidio and Redford. Fort Leaton folklore places border-trade specie buried when Comanche and Apache raids threatened the post. Coordinates mark Fort Leaton State Historic Site on the Rio Grande in Presidio County.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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