Plainview Buffalo Hunter Gold Dust — Hale County

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Plainview Buffalo Hunter Gold Dust — Hale County

Lost Treasure TX • Hale County County
Description
Plainview legend of buffalo-hunter gold dust and trade specie buried on the Caprock — when Hale County sat at the center of the final commercial hide hunts north of Lubbock.
Historical Notes
Plainview developed after the Santa Fe Railway arrived in 1907 and became the Hale County seat on the northern South Plains. The 1870s buffalo slaughter on the Llano Estacado enriched hide hunters who sometimes cached earnings before returning to frontier trading posts. The 1877 Yellow House Canyon fight north of Lubbock marked the end of open buffalo hunting on the South Plains. Hide-hunter payroll folklore overlaps with Comanche-trade silver tales along the same caprock springs. Coordinates mark downtown Plainview in Hale County north of Lubbock.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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