Thorndale Nine Burro Gold Loads

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Thorndale Nine Burro Gold Loads

Lost Treasure TX • Milam County County
Description
Milam County legend of nine burro loads of gold buried near Thorndale — a railroad town east of Rockdale on the Old San Antonio Road corridor between Bryan and Austin.
Historical Notes
Thorndale sits in Milam County where the International & Great Northern crossed the San Antonio Road. Guidebook lore cited by The Rocker Box describes nine burro loads of gold hidden near the town. Spanish and Mexican pack-train bullion tales are common along the Camino Real. Thorndale appears in Central Texas compilations between Cameron and Rockdale in the Little Brazos watershed. Related entries in the database include "Cameron Milam County Payroll Cache" and "Buckholts Camino Real Treasure." Coordinates mark Thorndale east of the Bryan–College Station metro.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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