Port Isabel Ninety Thousand Dollar Jug — Cameron County

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Port Isabel Ninety Thousand Dollar Jug — Cameron County

Lost Treasure TX • Cameron County County
Description
Port Isabel legend of a jug containing $90,000 buried at or near the historic Gulf port east of Brownsville on Laguna Madre.
Historical Notes
The Rocker Box Cameron County compilation describes a jug containing $90,000 buried at or near Port Isabel. Port Isabel served as the deepwater port for the lower Rio Grande before the Brownsville Ship Channel and connects to South Padre Island via the Queen Isabella Causeway. Port Isabel beaches have yielded coins from shipwrecks according to regional guidebooks. The Port Isabel Lighthouse State Historic Site preserves the nineteenth-century port landscape. Coordinates mark Port Isabel in Cameron County east of Brownsville.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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