Not one of them found any of the reported treasure, but that never prevented the next person from trying. 148 0 obj She was then forgotten for nearly 300 years. The legends a legend, but the people that believed it and the effort they went through to actually find it despite obvious questions about the details, Pinkerton stated. Legend remains victorious in spite of history and it just attests to the power that legends have over people when the facts may not necessarily support something, Pinkerton said. In one Internet posting, I read the following: Texas has more buried treasure than any other state, with 229 sites within the states borders. Im hoping someday that people can get back down there, Pinkerton said. Calvin Wilcher is in charge of the scans..he is on watch for something not of Mother nature. And then again, the 50s and 60s, there were a bunch of these treasure magazines about metal detectors. Hobe Sound. (Image credit: Pictorial Press Ltd./Alamy) British . Soldiers approach, wagons sunk in Hendricks Lake, an oxbow lake just south of the Sabine River in northeastern Rusk County. The same thing is true for the Paradise Cove Lodge down California 178. Jensen Beach. When he got on board is when things started getting fairly serious.. though. It was packed with tons of gold and silver. "You're a liability, Sebastian" Hendricks[src] Agent D. Hendricks is an FBI agent and the leader of Cras Est Nostrum. 168 0 obj The various people that searched for the Hendricks Lake treasure hooked him. Tales of pirate booty and Mexican gold have captivated minds for generations, and it all could be closer than you might think. Having already written a book on Trammels Trace, a road running through Tatum which he noted was the first road to Texas from the north, Pinkerton is now embarking on a journey to research the people and the reasons for the treasure hunting extravaganza for an upcoming book. The location was later widely believed to be Hendricks Lake, an oxbow lake formation on the south side of the Sabine River. Just another myth? Things Found in the San Antonio River: Periodic draining of sections of the river have revealed skateboards, Mardi Gras beads, old bottles and a cell phone. Somebody made fun of him; he clubbed the guy to death. The real story of Hendricks Lake is not the legend alone, it is about the people who believed it fervently enough to put their time and money on the line in the hope of recovering it. Joe spent many hours growing up around Milzie Williamson and later used his Fisher M-Scope metal detector to search those mysterious holes. More maps appeared showing various locations of a lost silver mine. I looked into it a little bit in high school and at UT, just on and off. The brothers meet with a Christian Roper who is actively hunting for the lost treasure of the pirate, Jean Lafitte. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents( \n h t t p s : / / s c h o l a r w o r k s . That set off a huge treasure hunting stampede. 1. To contact Pinkerton, call (409) 201-8026 or email gary.pinkerton@outlook.com. Two oilmen from Texas actually brought a giant crane to the lake after getting some interesting readings from the bottom of Hendricks Lake. Winds light and variable.. https://www.tshaonline.org, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hendricks-lake. Christian It is my sincere belief that the Hendricks Lake treasure was silver taken by Lafitte from capturing of the Spanish ship Santa Rosa in Matagorda Bay in 1820. In this work you will find what I hope you found in my first book solid, thorough research and a story with which we can all connect. Peter Walker Adams lived in one of the houses on the hill near the lake and figured prominently in many of the newspaper stories. by the Rieseberg article had gone home with no treasure to On Monday, June 16th, 1958 Barney In Colombian newspapers, his death was lamented and his obituary described him as a brave naval officer. To the north of Tatum, in the middle of the forest, lies Lake Hendrix. The other big buried treasure legend from East Texas is the story of Little Cypress Creek. endobj %PDF-1.7 % The location was later widely believed to be Hendricks Lake, an oxbow lake formation on the south side of the Sabine River. Off the shores of Nova Scotia is Oak Island, a place where unimaginable riches (or absolutely nothing) can supposedly be found at the bottom of a money pit that has eluded treasure seekers for centuries.Originally, the money pit was found in 1795 by a teenager named Daniel McGinnis who claimed he saw mysterious lights coming from the island, and upon investigating, found a small circular hole . Hughes Springs up in Cass County was founded by two brothers looking for a treasure in the 1850s or 60s. Paul Uncle Fox Tatum, son of the founder of Tatum, Texas, carried out the first documented attempt to recover the treasure in 1884. The basic story is that in 1816 silver stolen by pirate Jean Lafitte from the Spanish brig Santa Rosa was being moved north from Matagorda Bay to St. Louis, Missouri, for disposal. A light came on when the probe hit metal. In 2005, Agent Hendricks was a young FBI agent who was aware . He built a new kind of sewing machine, and in. We are a community-supported, non-profit organization and we humbly ask for your support because the careful and accurate recording of our history has never been more important. Singer Treasure on Padre Island In the mid-nineteenth century, a man named Isaac Merritt Singer made significant improvements to the sewing machine. Texas oilmen. Michael Siepker, Fisheries Biologist; 563-382-8324; Michael.Siepker@dnr.iowa.gov Marc Waterlander, Conservation Officer; 319-240-6662; Marc.Waterlander@dnr.iowa.gov Iowa-Caught Fish Are Safe to Eat, In Almost All Cases Despite this, no silver bars were found. See the BLOG here for more details. Any "COB" finds in Texas I was just wondering if any member in Texas has found any cobs, reales, etc. 0000001207 00000 n There will be people still in town who will remember Barnie Waldrop, Pinkerton said. 0000002763 00000 n help him in his search. Hendricks Lake near Tatum is now off limits to the public because it is on land owned by a mining company. He had heard about the Trace from his dad as a portion of it runs through family land. The Lost Padre Mine Somewhere in the Franklin Mountains overlooking the Rio Grande River in El Paso County is the Lost Padre Mine. Low 47F. But alas, nothing came of it. 0000004529 00000 n PRIME turn-key restaurant is a landmark of Fort Laud(Former Ernie's BBQ). 0000000756 00000 n The Hix boys from Baytown were featured on Discovery Channel's "Expedition Unknown" for their quest . There are many stories about the famous pirate Gene Lafitte, but one of them places his lost treasure at the bottom of a lake right here in East Texas. Christian and the treasure hunting team are looking forward to using new technology to scan the bottom of the lake for possible anomalies, and hope to find a treasure which was missed in past searchers. 0000044783 00000 n As they retreated, they headed into what is now known as Upshur County. Read More about Texas Tea Slot, about Jean Laffites treasure in the Sabine River. After sitting undisturbed for more than 10 years, a treasure chest holding gold nuggets and precious gems has been found in the Rocky Mountains. Historian Gary Pinkerton says the legend is mostly unsubstantiated. Hendricks Lake was the sight of many treasure hunts over the course of the 20th century. A Seagoville pharmacist who sailed around the world. Christian is not discouraged. I determined that there were maybe five that might have contained some sort of treasure. Roper is the latest in a long line of people to search for treasure in Hendricks Lake, and hes using the latest technology and techniques to do it. Royal discovery made after 99-year-old code is broken by Siberian mathematics genius. Charles Fitzhugh Grice had the technology needed to find Spanish silver if the treasure was there. A pharmacist. Handbook of Texas Online, 0000003684 00000 n In 1909 members of the United States Geological Survey visited the site, which they described as being unproductive. 6. click photo for more. For information on, or to order True Believers, visit www.hendrickslake.com. The duo are currently working to make a documentary about the local legend of sunken silver ingots in the lake near Tatum. Legend has it that Basss part of the money is in Cove Hollow, about thirty miles from Denton. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular videos. Both American coasts abound with tales of buried pirate treasure. Stories are how we interact as people and its how we grow. In a location on the lake, matching the tale, with a sloped It was one of the first times I met with Brackston after we graduated university last summer, Roper recalled. Now, more modern equipment was available, and one man used a metal detector and managed to get some interesting readings from the bottom of the lake. On 4 February 1823, Laffite was onboard the General Santander off the town of Omoa in Honduras. There was another story that said No it wasnt Lafitte, it was Santa Anna, and he didnt want the gold to be lost in San Jacinto, so he sent it on the wagon train. The guy from Iowa who did the treasure hunting had researchers in Spain, in the archives. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. Although $25,000 worth of coins and jewelry have been accounted for, no one knows where the rest of the loot went, and Collins and Bass were killed before they revealed anything. A few of the Cherokees were accompanied by agents of the Mexican government who had promised a lot of money to the tribe if they were able to drive out the Texans. Since 2014, Rick and Marty Lagina have produced "The Curse of Oak Island" for The HISTORY Channel. hb```E@9Z9:sj*5)o(Hd`8iQ^gFMJNvZ7he);Ndx8uy}xc;Mt0u410[t0v4t40t40Zt00L@,E@`E,AsE^X/q5tDX4C#{ Legend has it that the ship was so big it took two months to load and the Spanish were so upset with its loss that they sent five more ships to recover it- unsuccessfully. Lets be honest, everybody loves a good treasure story. from oil explorers and water witchers to plain nuts.. Excited about the history, research, and prospects of this Beyond Oak Island Summary of Episode 1: Pirate Treasures and the Search in Hendricks Lake for Jean Lafittes Lost Treasure. Pinkerton spent time in Carthage recently talking to those with accounts of some of the treasure hunters, and he hopes to connect with more people who have Hendricks Lake stories to tell. At the end of World War II, the German Nazi's are believed to have sunk a fortune in Lake Toplitz, Austria, Daily Star reports. In 1884, Tatum clubbed a man to death who made light of his attempts to drain Hendricks Lake. Is there anything better than the tale of someone discovering a hidden clue, figuring out an obscure reference, finding the final piece of the puzzle, and then discovering a fantastic stash of gold or silver? The July 17, 1958 edition of the Panola Watchman includes this update on a search for Jean LaFittes treasure at Hendricks Lake near Tatum. A formal statement is due around noon in Moscow on Saturday when the first pictures of the gold will be revealed to the world's . The film will explore the history of various parts of the tale, how they came to be woven in to a single fable and will reveal what was discovered during the months of research put into the project, including a new theory and information indicating the account of lost silver in an East Texas lake is actually a combination of stories. 0000001829 00000 n Fort Pierce. All they found was a big sawblade from one of the sawmills that had operated on the lake; they left the artifact behind for future treasure hunters. Thats the one thing we all agree on about Sunken Silver, is that legend is a very powerful thing.. Roper has been pursuing the legend and examining where and how the various parts of the story originated. Charles F. Grice, Interview by Gary Pinkerton, February 2019. The men, in fear of Spanish retaliation, are said to have hidden the wagons in a nearby body of water. Signup today for our free newsletter, Especially Texan. 0 As a backup plan, they would supply all adjacent markets with fresh fish on ice. The Galveston Daily News made light of the effort by suggesting they move their operation to the Gulf of Mexico since a good deal of wealth has been left under its waters by shipwrecks. A week after that humiliation, Paul Tatum clubbed a man to death after he made fun of Tatums attempt to drain the lake. Building on that production they are airing a new 8-episode series titled "Beyond Oak Island" premiering Tuesday, November 17 at 9:00 pm central. Pictured from left, Gary Pinkerton, Brackson McKnight and Christian Roper. Ocean Breeze. The story goes that Union soldiers tracked down Confederate president Jefferson Davis in 1865 and confiscated his gold. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents(Tell us)/Rect[72.0 211.9047 103.6572 224.7953]/StructParent 7/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> On the trail of East Texas' buried treasure news - The Black Chronicle Buried, EAST, Texas, texas news, texas news update, trail, Treasure During the investigation, Roper found Gary Pinkertons book, We met with Gary in January and we had no clue about his book coming out, we just knew that he was kind of the expert on this trace, this route that had been taken in the story by this group of smugglers carrying all the silver, Roper said. The legend says that in 1816, Laffite and his fellow pirates plundered six wagon loads worth of silver from the Spanish. Hendricks Lake is a special place for Roper. The legend of Hendricks Lake treasure has inspired men to search for it for at least 150 years. Pinkerton himself doesnt personally believe there was any silver brought through East Texas during the time in which the legend takes place because the roads were little more than Indian trails. It was found approximately a decade later in 2020 in Wyoming by an anonymous treasure hunter later revealed to be former journalist and medical student Jack Stuef. TV repairman in Carthage who kept up his efforts for years and was the local expert. accepts, and the show continues at Hendricks Lake in East Texas. If you fill out the first name, last name, or agree to terms fields, you will NOT be added to the newsletter list. The silver was never recovered. Trammel's Trace-The First Road to Texas from the North is a 2016 book by Gary L. Pinkerton. endobj 2018 Sunken Silver. One person who is still committed to the Hendricks Lake legend is Jacksonville documentary film maker and treasure hunter, Christian B. Roper. Hutchinson Island. Just about every book written about Texas in that era mentioned it. endobj His body was buried at sea in the Gulf of Honduras. The Lost Treasure of Hendricks Lake The infamous pirate of the Gulf Jean Lafitte took a $2 million fortune in silver from a Spanish galleon and supposedly buried it in the Sabine River near the East Texas town of Sabine. Although it hasnt yet been decided if the film will first be released at festivals and then to the public, Sunken Silver will eventually be available through online streaming. Its just a great story and what intrigued me was the people engaged in that all over those 100 years.. s f a s u . the new book is available in paperback. endobj Born in Longview in East Texas and living in Houston, Gary has published works of history born of his curiosity about what happened long ago in East Texas that played a role in the history of the Republic and of the State of Texas. If the treasure is out there, then some East Texan is bound to find it. As Laffite and his men raced through East Texas with the wagons, Spanish. Others have mounted full-scale salvage expeditions with backhoes and monster trucks and whatnot. The ships turned out to be heavily armed privateers and they mounted a frontal counterattack that included heavy fire. . Texas Lege Watch: A House Republican Fights for Chicken Freedom, Texas Monthly Recognized by ASME in the 2023 National Magazine Awards. The story goes that wagon loads of silver And the story was basically, you wanna be the guy selling the metal detectors, you dont want to be the guy out there looking for (stuff) that doesnt exist. Six wagon loads of silver carried north along Trammel's Trace. Leave them blank to get signed up. They got away with three thousand freshly-minted 1877 $20 gold pieces. Since that time, many parties and individuals have endeavored to find the Lost Treasure of Hendricks Lake, with searches as early as 1884 and as recently as the 1970s. <>/MediaBox[0 0 612 792]/Parent 142 0 R/Resources<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageC]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/Tabs/S/Type/Page>> Having grown up hearing these stories about buried treasure and now searching for it himself, hes becoming a part of history. He shows Rick and Marty the 1957 Jean Lafitte's treasure Photo of Hendricks Lake, courtesy of Gary L. Pinkerton Akins and one of his former deputies were landowners along the lake and active onlookers with a piece of the action. The total value? Over the years, Hendricks Lake near Tatum has been a place where many people have visited in search of a legendary treasure that was supposedly left at the site by Pirate Jean LaFitte. Daniel Vaughn is the countrys first barbecue editor, and he has eaten more barbecue than you have. A.C. SoRelle, Jr., and his brother, Henry, were oilmen who brought detection equipment, draglines, and other heavy machinery to dig into the gumbo mud on the bottom of the lake. The Cherokees started getting their butts kicked. Tyler oilman who partnered with Charles Fitzhugh Grice to do underwater metal detection in 1969. Join the adventures in Beyond Oak Island- Tuesdays at 10PM and summaries and more in depth looks into the many stories of treasure, here at MW! ]9xd@% ilIA):cOr+}fJg-|o)!6ns+"6nsj[R JMr}bz b)N$PvfeY%Gc Za}J8420sw*b96z>r$J54a 75U,Y{hw!C'9i?| P[Zvh]|bNb7hRAbTi#n'M{ Oxbow lakes result from a river's course change, in this case the Sabine River just to thc north. His website is www.trammelstrace.com. In the 1950s, the Sabine River and the nearby lake (Hendricks Lake) experienced a new onslaught of treasure seekers when the story of Laffites silver was published by the True West magazine. Pickering, a veteran diver, has made it his mission to recover all things odd and ordinary lurking in the lake to keep Georgia families safe. 146 23 Many of them are wandering through the beaches and backlands with nothing more than metal detectors. Hendericks was a member of the Cras Est Nostrum and became Salazar at some point in the past. Xi-vrcjVJO%X *hve~os)&pZl0nuUH;M%\,iB!N7;B`h Y2?SXx#l};(5-Sj\Ji6Y|f>>`}j8 C=H: =.p0=*y pGOF30.#yZeY92Hq{IjFhaftP[Ch[&P"(D3CSP+ )Q- $NNBeX"Ld_kUB'`Y%e8re%R 0aHd$0=~^nbY:pK/DQxE8"Sh5Y=9'wXJ9'.m*?%YTAcM>W*N7852@ZyV|>}c(&fZXBtzq]uF4A1*i wagons to be pushed down an embankment and into a lake. . One particularly famous legend is that of Jean Lafitte's treasure. Spanish troops caught up with the wagons along a trail near present-day Tatum, Texas. Singer & Co., which was renamed the Singer Manufacturing Company in 1865. Houston oilmen who conducted the largest search ever attempted in 1957-1958. To view perks for contributors or to make a donation towards completion of the film, visit www.gofundme.com/sunkensilver. Barnie Waldrop said he outlasted all the others and had seen fifty of em beaten by the lakes bog bottom. Gary L. Pinkerton, Pinkerton had to get special permission to visit for research and to take pictures. startxref So all these treasure magazines sprung around these treasure hunting, metal detectors, stories about lost mines. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular articles. Aug. 6, 2015 9:51 AM PT. endobj There were treasure legends like that all over Texas, he said. The story died down but regained momentum when treasure hunting became popular again in the fifties and when True West magazine printed an article about the long-forgotten silver prompting treasure hunters to flock to Carthage and Tatum. They both were at the lake during the treasure hunts of 1957 and 1958. Peoples commitment to myths, tall tales and legends is powerful, according to Pinkerton. A semi-weekly newsletter with all of The Panola Watchman's sports coverage. 0000001730 00000 n Low 47F. 2019. That was the story.. TATUM A trio of Jacksonville natives wants to turn two-century-old piracy legend into a full-length feature documentary film and theyre seeking funding help to do it. endstream endobj 159 0 obj In 1969 an MIT graduate with a degree in electrical engineering and a patent for an underwater device for locating metals motored along the surface of Hendricks Lake in an eight-foot fiberglass boat towing his electronics. The son of the founder of the town of Tatum. LAKE CHIEMSEE, GOLDEN CAULDRON In Bavaria, in southern Germany, Lake Chiemsee has been the focus of many divers ever since a Nazi-themed gold cauldron, worth more than $560,000, was found there in . Pinkerton went on to describe how there have been dozens of expeditions and attempts to find buried treasure between Hendricks Lake and the Sabine River. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents(Provide feedback)/Rect[392.1938 211.9047 476.7295 224.7953]/StructParent 8/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> We organized some strategic searches via dives doing grid patterns and things of that sort to try to get those up.. Pinkerton is hoping to publish his book some time in the new year and is interested in finding more people with first and second hand accounts of the treasure hunting. There's no wonder it took 17 years to scour the ocean floor for this ship's treasure- a treasure lost in 1622 off the Keys. Whats Up With All the Kangaroos on the Loose in Texas? The stories of treasure have been around for a long time, Pinkerton said. Read More about The wreck of La Belle, Did the infamous privateer Jean Laffite steal a $2 million fortune in silver from a Spanish galleon and bury it in the Sabine River near the East Texas town Sabine? In 1983 a German biologist accidentally discovered more forged British pounds, numerous Nazi-era rockets and missiles that had crashed into the lake, and a previously unknown worm. Read More about Jean Laffites treasure in the Sabine River, USS Hatteras (formerly St. Mary) was a 1,126-ton steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the early part of the American Civil War. His book, True Believers: Treasure Hunters at Hendricks Lake, focused on the variety of people and their attempts to discover the fabled hidden silver and was released this past April. Legend holds that the Pirate Jean LaFitte, or in some other versions Santa Anna, left treasure at Hendricks Lake near Tatum. Photo: WhisperToMe, Public domain. HOUSTON It's the treasure hunt of a lifetime, and now it's landed them on national TV. Believed the treasure was in Martin Creek after meeting old Mexicans with a map when he was just a boy. <>/Metadata 144 0 R/Outlines 97 0 R/Pages 141 0 R/StructTreeRoot 102 0 R/Type/Catalog/ViewerPreferences<>>> For more information on Sunken Silver, visit www.sunkensilver.com. 1930, it came up again, 35. 0000001390 00000 n It says so much about East Texas folklore. Dallas Morning News, August 1, 1965. Lr !_) He maintains websites for Trammels Trace and for Hendricks Lake, as well as social media Facebook groups for both stories. In fact, this same story about Lafitte treasure being lost somewhere, was repeated over and over in almost the same pattern from the Gulf Coast all the way up into Arkansas and Missouri.. The lake is located in the extreme northeastern part of the county along the boundary between Rusk and Panola. . My father did do a bit of treasure hunting and more notably he was involved in a few treasure hunting circles of scuba divers. James Bowie went on an expedition to find it. The information comes from books and treasure hunting Web sites (the best of which are legendsofamerica.com and treasurefish.com). Some of the (alleged) lost treasures in Pennsylvania worth researching are ones like: $30,000 worth of gold coins said to be King George ll's Lost Plunder. Although hes fascinated by the legend and the excitement it created, Pinkerton doesnt believe its even a little bit true.
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