Post Double U Ranch Payroll — Garza County

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Post Double U Ranch Payroll — Garza County

Lost Treasure TX • Garza County County
Description
Post legend of an unrecovered ranch payroll from the Double U era — when C. W. Post's Garza County ranching empire bankrolled his model South Plains town.
Historical Notes
Charles William Post acquired tens of thousands of Garza County acres for his Double U and OS ranch operations while building the town of Post with imported craftsmen, streets, and utilities. Open-range payrolls moved in cash before rural banks matured on the estacado. Ranch-baron specie caches appear in South Plains folklore alongside railroad and oil-field variants. Post's 1914 death left a celebrated town but also generations of frontier strongbox tales. Coordinates mark downtown Post in Garza County southeast of Lubbock.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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