Schleicher County Mohair Trade Payroll — Schleicher County

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Schleicher County Mohair Trade Payroll — Schleicher County

Lost Treasure TX • Schleicher County County
Description
Schleicher County legend of an unrecovered mohair-and-wool trade payroll cached near Eldorado east of Sonora on the Edwards Plateau wagon road.
Historical Notes
Schleicher County developed as a major sheep and mohair region after Eldorado was founded in 1895. The Sonora Wool and Mohair Company drew from the same Edwards Plateau ranch country that linked Eldorado, Sonora, and San Angelo. Related entry: "Eldorado Cattle Trail Payroll — Schleicher County" documents a cattle-trail variant. This pin records separate wool-trade payroll folklore from regional compilations along the Sonora corridor. Coordinates mark Eldorado in Schleicher County east of Sonora.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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