Sonora Charlie Adams Frontier Specie — Sutton County

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Sonora Charlie Adams Frontier Specie — Sutton County

Lost Treasure TX • Sutton County County
Description
Sutton County legend of frontier merchant specie buried near Winkler's Well by Charlie Adams — the Fort McKavett rancher who founded Sonora and drilled the town's first well in 1889.
Historical Notes
Charles G. Adams settled two miles north of Winkler's Well (later Wentworth) about 1885, named the site Sonora in 1887, and drilled a community well in 1889 — the year Sutton County received a post office. Adams offered free lots when Sonora became county seat in 1890. Adams came from Fort McKavett on the San Antonio–El Paso road. Frontier merchant and trail-boss folklore often places buried strongboxes where wagon freight from San Angelo and Fort McKavett met new town sites. Coordinates approximate the original Sonora townsite north of modern downtown Sutton County.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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