Contains stories; some true, some legendary, about caches of lost treasure.
Contains stories; some true, some legendary, about caches of lost treasure.
From the unrecovered loot of the James Gang to the fabled funds of the Knights of the Golden Circle, W. Craig Gaines tracks tales of treasure across sixty Oklahoma counties.
Relates local legends from Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma about abandoned mines, hidden stashes of plunder, and lost fortunes
On the morning of August 20 , 1864 , the twenty - two men , some riding and some walking , set out for the canyon of gold . Adams tried to note landmarks along the way but he had little sense of geography and direction and was unable to ...
This book contains 92 stories of Lost Mines and Treasurers, of Oklahoma and Texas.
With his storyteller's gift, Jameson relates episodes from early explorers through the colonial period, the Civil War, the settling of the West, and the roaring 1920s.
One story was that a farmer, Hamlin, recovered the treasure and destroyed the flat stone with markings that indicated the location of this treasure cave as well as where seventy-five mule loads of bullion were said to have been hidden ...
Although they were greatly outnumbered, they provided some balance to the chaos. This historical compilation covers every memorable outlaw and lawman who passed through Oklahoma.
Oklahoma keeps its secrets. Adventurers combing the Wichita Mountains for the legendary Lost Cave with an Iron Door can slake their thirst at Cache Creek or Treasure Lake. Following the...
At the Constitutional Convention, the Trog inspired John Adams while the Symp supported Thomas Paine. When Adams eventually assumed the Presidency, the Trog cheered; the Symp convinced Citizen Tom to split for France.