Orange Sabine River Cotton Specie — Orange County

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Orange Sabine River Cotton Specie — Orange County

Lost Treasure TX • Orange County County
Description
Orange legend of antebellum cotton specie buried along the Sabine River when Orange became a timber and cotton port in the Golden Triangle east of Beaumont.
Historical Notes
Orange was established on the Sabine River across from Louisiana and developed as a sawmill and shipbuilding center. The Golden Triangle of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange dominated Southeast Texas timber and petroleum commerce. Plantation and river-landing folklore describes hiding specie before Civil War disruptions or Reconstruction seizures. W. T. Block's histories document dozens of coastal-stream treasure tales centered on Sabine and Neches bayous. Coordinates mark downtown Orange on the Sabine River east of Beaumont.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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