Fort Sumner Bosque Redondo Trade Silver — De Baca County

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Fort Sumner Bosque Redondo Trade Silver — De Baca County

Lost Treasure NM • De Baca County County
Description
De Baca County legend of Navajo and Apache trade silver buried near Bosque Redondo — the 1860s reservation and Fort Sumner site on the Pecos where the Long Walk ended.
Historical Notes
Fort Sumner at Bosque Redondo housed Navajo and Mescalero Apache tribes forcibly relocated in the 1860s. The ill-fated reservation closed in 1868 after disease, crop failure, and inter-tribal conflict. Kit Carson's 1864 campaign and the Long Walk remain central to Navajo history. Plains treasure guides sometimes place hurriedly buried trade goods and personal wealth near reservation-era camps and abandoned military posts. The Fort Sumner State Monument and museum interpret the site southeast of present Fort Sumner. Coordinates approximate the Bosque Redondo / old Fort Sumner site in De Baca County.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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