Packsaddle Mountain Cave Canvas Sack Fragment — Llano County

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Packsaddle Mountain Cave Canvas Sack Fragment — Llano County

Lost Treasure TX • Llano County County
Description
Variant Sam Bass legend of a cave on Packsaddle Mountain where a rancher found only a torn U.S.-marked canvas sack after a fence-post cutter disappeared — suggesting loot still hidden on the ridge.
Historical Notes
Legends of America records that Sam Bass allegedly hid canvas sacks stamped "U.S." and filled with gold in a Packsaddle Mountain cave. One version says a Mexican laborer hired to cut fence posts vanished; the rancher found a cave and only a torn sack fragment imprinted "U.S." Another version holds the gold remains hidden. Related entry "Sam Bass Treasure — Packsaddle Mountain" documents the broader outlaw-cache tradition at the same landmark. This pin localizes the fence-cutter cave and torn-sack variant on the mountain's cliff and cedar-break country visible from Highway 71. Private Packsaddle Ranch property — legend only. None of Bass's reputed Hill Country caches have been authenticated.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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