Nueces River El Cañón Mission Silver — Real County

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Nueces River El Cañón Mission Silver — Real County

Lost Treasure TX • Real County County
Description
El Cañón legend of Apache mission offerings and church silver buried along the rocky Nueces River canyon where San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz and Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria del Cañón operated from 1762 to 1768.
Historical Notes
The first Nueces River settlements far upstream were the El Cañón missions founded in 1762 in the rocky canyon of future Real and Uvalde counties. San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz and Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria del Cañón were abandoned in 1768 when Spain's Apache mission program collapsed. Related entries document separate mission treasure legends at Camp Wood and Menard County. Canyon folklore imagines friars burying sacramental silver rather than haul it through contested Lipan and Comanche country. Coordinates approximate the El Cañón mission country on the upper Nueces River in Real County.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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