Nueces River Ramírez Fort Family Fortune — Live Oak County

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Nueces River Ramírez Fort Family Fortune — Live Oak County

Lost Treasure TX • Live Oak County County
Description
Live Oak County legend of the Ramírez family fortune buried in or near old Fort Ramírez — a private Spanish-era fort on the south bank of the Nueces in the early nineteenth century.
Historical Notes
Early in the nineteenth century a private fort, Ramírez, was built on the south bank of the Nueces in southern Live Oak County, probably on a family land grant from the king of Spain. The Rocker Box Live Oak County page states the family fortune of a man named Ramirez is buried in or near old Fort Ramirez. After 1821 the Mexican government made numerous grants in the Trans-Nueces reaching to the river itself. Private fort and ranch fortunes are cataloged in Guide to Treasure in Texas for the brush country. Coordinates approximate Fort Ramírez on the Nueces River in southern Live Oak County.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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