Valley Spring Bugscuffle Cotton Gin Strongbox — Llano County

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Valley Spring Bugscuffle Cotton Gin Strongbox — Llano County

Lost Treasure TX • Llano County County
Description
Valley Spring legend of a cotton-gin and sawmill strongbox from Whistleville and Bugscuffle — rival mill towns on the Llano–Brady stage route northwest of Llano.
Historical Notes
The O. C. J. Phillips family settled Phillips Ranch in 1854; W. O. Phillips built a cotton gin and sawmill known as Whistleville for its steam whistle. Davie Owen's rival mill less than a mile away was facetiously called Bugscuffle. When a post office opened in 1878, it took the name Valley Spring for the numerous springs in the area. Cotton-gin and stage-route folklore places merchant specie at remote Hill Country crossroads where wagon cotton moved toward Llano and Brady. The stage route from Llano to Brady shifted in 1882, and Owen built a store on the new road at present Valley Spring. Coordinates mark Valley Spring on State Highway 71 twelve miles northwest of Llano in northwestern Llano County.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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