An Inquiry into the Sources of Treasure Legends of Texas
J. Frank Dobie 3
The Legend of the San Saba or Bowie Mine. J. Frank Dobie 12
Lost Gold of the Llano Country E. G. Littlejohn 20
I. The Brook of Gold Discovered by Lost Rangers
II. The Smelter on the Little Llano
Lost Mines of the Llano and San Saba Julia Estill 24
I. A Legend of the Blanco Mine
II. The Mythical Bowie Mine
Treasure Legends of McMullen County J. Frank Dobie 28
I. The Rock Pens
II. A Week Too Late at the Laredo-San Antonio Crossing
III. The Chest at Rock Crossing on the Nueces
IV. San Caja Mountain Legends
V. The Mines
VI. Loma de Siete Piedras
VII. The Metate Rocks of Loma Alta
VIII. When Two Parallel Lines Intersected
IX. A Lucky Post Hole
Legendary Spanish Forts Down the Nueces J. Frank Dobie 43
I. Fort Ramirez on the Ramireña
II. The Legend of Casa Blanca
III. Lutzer’s Find at Fort Planticlan
Treasure Chest on the Nueces Mary A. Sutherland 49
The Battlefields of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma
J. Frank Dobie 51
How Dollars Turned into Bumble Bees and Other Legends
J. Frank Dobie 52
Native Treasure Talk up the Frio Fannie Ratchford 57
The Silver Ledge on the Frio J. Frank Dobie 60
Lost Mines Near Sabinal Edgar B. Kincaid 62
I. The Quicksilver Mine of the Rangers
II. Lost Lead Mine
The Nigger Gold Mine of the Big Bend J. Frank Dobie 64
Mysterious Gold Mine of the Guadalupe Mountains
J. Marvin Hunter 67
Lost Copper Mines and Spanish Gold, Haskell County
R. E. Sherrill 72
Lost Lead Mine on the Brazos, King County L. D. Bertillion 77
The Accursed Gold in the Santa Anna Mountains J. Leeper Gay 78
The Hole of Gold Near Wichita Falls J. Frank Dobie 80
Buried Treasure Legends of Cooke County Lillian Gunter 81
The Treasure Cannon of the Neches Roscoe Martin 84
The Dream Woman and the White Rose Bush Mary A. Sutherland 89
Steinheimer’s Millions L. D. Bertillion 91
The Snively Legend J. Frank Dobie 95
Buried Treasure Legends of Milam County Louise von Blittersdorf 99
I. The San Gabriel Mission in Legend
II. The Gold Protected by Snively’s Ghost
III. Pope’s Ghost at the Gap
The Wagon-Load of Silver in Clear Fork Creek L. W. Payne, Jr. 103
Moro’s Gold Fannie Ratchford 104