Marble Falls Colorado River Limestone Bluffs Outlaw Cache — Burnet County

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Marble Falls Colorado River Limestone Bluffs Outlaw Cache — Burnet County

Lost Treasure TX • Burnet County County
Description
Marble Falls legend of Sam Bass-era outlaw loot buried in Colorado River limestone bluffs — along the Hill Country corridor between Austin and the Marble Falls falls.
Historical Notes
Travelers referred to the "great falls" or "marble falls" of the Colorado River as early as 1817. Adam Rankin Johnson envisioned a dam-powered manufacturing city at the site in the 1850s; Marble Falls was finally platted in 1887 by the Texas Mining and Improvement Company. Hill Country outlaw lore places Bass associates and post–Civil War bandits along the Colorado between Austin and Marble Falls. Related Travis County entry documents Marshall Ford / Lake Travis variants upstream; this pin marks bluff-country folklore localized to Marble Falls before Max Starcke Dam formed Lake Marble Falls in the 1950s. Coordinates approximate Colorado River bluffs at Marble Falls in southern Burnet County. Much shoreline is now lakefront development; respect private property.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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