Thats interesting and seems more possible as a 'rest ranch' location, as thats about the line of white settlement during the 1870's along the Texas Frontier. But both books I have point to Rest Ranch as being near the Rio Grande, and associated with the cattle trade out in West Texas, some salt flats, and mountains of West Texas, and locations place it even west of Ft Lancaster in southern Texas. Supposedly, they were able to cross the Rio Grande at or about Ft Quitman way out near El Paso and get to their Ranch. Anyway, from what I understand, there could be quite a lot of loot buried near this location, whereve it is. In the early 1870's when they were supposed to be there, there were almost no settlements in that region of West Texas as the Comanche and Apache were still controlling the region and killing people on site. So, Ive had my doubts but mystified as to why these wrtitings place it there. But thanks for the info, as you info seems more plausible, yet Im still not convinced 100%.
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