Nueces River Corpus Christi Fogg Thirty Thousand — Nueces County

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Nueces River Corpus Christi Fogg Thirty Thousand — Nueces County

Lost Treasure TX • Nueces County County
Description
Corpus Christi legend that a man named Fogg buried $30,000 near his home on the lower Nueces River but died before recovering it.
Historical Notes
The Rocker Box Nueces County compilation states that a man named Fogg is said to have buried $30,000 near his home in Corpus Christi but died before recovering it. Corpus Christi is the only metropolis in the 16,800-square-mile Nueces watershed. Homesteader-deathbed cache tales are common in coastal Texas guidebooks. Related coastal entries document separate variants on Shamrock Island, North Beach, and Mustang Island in the same Rocker Box page. Coordinates mark Corpus Christi on the lower Nueces River and Nueces Bay.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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