Horsehead Crossing Cave Gold Chests — Crane County

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Horsehead Crossing Cave Gold Chests — Crane County

Lost Treasure TX • Crane County County
Description
Legend of a cave near Horsehead Crossing on the Pecos River holding many chests of gold coins stolen from a wagon train — one of the best-known Trans-Pecos river-crossing treasure tales.
Historical Notes
Horsehead Crossing was a vital ford on the Pecos River where the Comanche War Trail, San Antonio–El Paso road, and cattle drives met brutal desert travel. TSHA documents decades of Indian attacks, drowned livestock, and burned wagons at the crossing. The Rocker Box Pecos County compilation cites a cave near Horsehead Crossing thought to contain chests of gold coins from a robbed wagon train. Crane County sources separately describe eleven chests of Mexican gold concealed in Pecos River caves — the same corridor west of Fort Stockton. Coordinates mark Horsehead Crossing on the Pecos River between Fort Stockton and the Castle Mountains. Remote ranch land — legend only.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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