Tow Llano River Valley Ranch Trade Strongbox — Llano County

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Tow Llano River Valley Ranch Trade Strongbox — Llano County

Lost Treasure TX • Llano County County
Description
Tow legend of a ranch-trade strongbox in the Llano River valley — the Hill Country community between Castell and Llano on the road from the upper river to the county seat.
Historical Notes
Tow is an unincorporated Llano County community on the Llano River valley route between Castell and the county seat of Llano. The town has a post office and sits in the heart of the Llano Uplift ranch country where cattle, sheep, and recreational tourism dominate the modern economy. Ranch-trade and county-seat folklore places merchant strongboxes along wagon roads where remote stockmen handled cash before banking reached the western Hill Country. The 1853 "Texas Gold Rush" newspapers drew prospectors to the Colorado and Llano river country, adding mine-hoard legends to the same corridor. Coordinates mark Tow in the Llano River valley east of Castell in Llano County.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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