La Bahia Contraband Road Cache — Bryan

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La Bahia Contraband Road Cache — Bryan

Lost Treasure TX • Brazos County County
Description
Brazos Valley legend of Jim Bowie and contraband traders burying smuggled silver and goods along La Bahia Road — the Spanish trail later called the "Contraband Road" through the Austin colony.
Historical Notes
La Bahia Road (La Camino Bahia) connected Nacogdoches and San Antonio through the Brazos Valley. Early settlers corrupted the name to "Labadie" and "Contraband Road" when Jim Bowie and others smuggled slaves and goods along the trace toward Louisiana. Stephen F. Austin's colony used the same corridor; the Brazos crossing near Washington-on-the-Brazos was a landmark for filibusters and traders. Smuggler folklore often places emergency caches where patrols threatened caravans. Coordinates approximate the La Bahia crossing corridor east of Bryan toward the Navasota River. Distinct from the petrified-log caravan legend but in the same road tradition.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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