Pelican Island Buried Treasure — Texas City

Pelican Island was a low sand key between Galveston Island and the mainland before dredging and causeways transformed it into an industrial port complex. Lafitte-era smugglers and later blockade runners knew the island as a staging point. The Rocker Box Galveston County list repeats guidebook tradition of a multi-million-dollar treasure buried on Pelican Island. Some variants tie the hoard to pirates; others to Civil War specie or port merchants' emergency caches. Heavy petrochemical development, the Texas City Dike, and the ship channel have altered the island beyond recognition. Coordinates mark historic Pelican Island near the Texas City port entrance.