Midland Texas Pacific Railroad Payroll — Midland County

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Midland Texas Pacific Railroad Payroll — Midland County

Lost Treasure TX • Midland County County
Description
Midland legend of an unrecovered Texas and Pacific Railway payroll from the era when Midland became the midway division point between Fort Worth and El Paso.
Historical Notes
Midland was founded in 1885 as a Texas and Pacific Railway town midway between El Paso and Fort Worth. The T&P made Midland a division point, concentrating weekly railroad and cattle-shipping payrolls in cash on the High Plains. Rail-payroll treasure folklore mirrors Sweetwater, Odessa, and San Angelo traditions along the same line. Midland's 1920s oil boom later layered petroleum-field payroll caches onto older railroad legends. Coordinates mark downtown Midland in Midland County on the Permian Basin shelf.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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