Van Horn Cave Paper Currency Cache — Culberson County

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Van Horn Cave Paper Currency Cache — Culberson County

Lost Treasure TX • Culberson County County
Description
Culberson County legend of $100,000 or more in paper currency cached in a cave in the ground near Van Horn on the El Paso–Pecos corridor.
Historical Notes
The Rocker Box Culberson County page estimates $100,000 or more of paper currency cached in a "cave in the ground" near Van Horn. Van Horn is the Culberson County seat where the Southern Pacific and later highways linked El Paso to the Pecos River country. Currency-cache tales differ from bullion legends but appear throughout Texas Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures along the Military Road. Related entry: "Guadalupe Mountains Cave Gold" documents bullion folklore in the same county. Coordinates mark Van Horn in Culberson County between El Paso and the Guadalupe Mountains.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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