Unsolved Mysteries of Texas: Stories of Legendary Outlaws, Buried Treasure, and Hauntings in the Lone Star State
When it comes to historical mysteries, Texas offers numerous long-perplexing conundrums for readers. Several of the Lone Star State’s enduring legends are associated with historical figures including Davy Crockett, Billy the Kid, John Wilkes Booth, the outlaws Sam Bass and Bill Longley, and the pirate Jean Lafitte. Lost mines and buried treasures are also a long-standing part of Texas history and lore, and the location of several of these riches has baffled searches for well over a century. Searches for these elusive treasures, represented by gold and silver ingots and coins, have ranged from Texas’s mountain ranges to the prairies to the coast, and continue to this day. Texas may also have been the site of several “lost civilizations. Growing evidence suggests that Mayans, a culture long associated with southern Mexican and Central America, may have established settlements in the state after having disappeared from their homeland. The Caddo Mounds spread out over a large section of southeast Texas represent what amounted of a city that was once inhabited by thousands of natives. The questions of where they came from and what became of them continue to intrigue researchers. In Unsolved Mysteries of Texas, author and professional treasure hunter W.C. Jameson will cover these and many other mysterious happenings in the Lone Star State.

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Unsolved Mysteries of Texas: Stories of Legendary Outlaws, Buried Treasure, and Hauntings in the Lone Star State
When it comes to historical mysteries, Texas offers numerous long-perplexing conundrums for readers. Several of the Lone Star State’s enduring legends are associated with historical figures including Davy Crockett, Billy the Kid, John Wilkes Booth, the outlaws Sam Bass and Bill Longley, and the pirate Jean Lafitte. Lost mines and buried treasures are also a long-standing part of Texas history and lore, and the location of several of these riches has baffled searches for well over a century. Searches for these elusive treasures, represented by gold and silver ingots and coins, have ranged from Texas’s mountain ranges to the prairies to the coast, and continue to this day. Texas may also have been the site of several “lost civilizations. Growing evidence suggests that Mayans, a culture long associated with southern Mexican and Central America, may have established settlements in the state after having disappeared from their homeland. The Caddo Mounds spread out over a large section of southeast Texas represent what amounted of a city that was once inhabited by thousands of natives. The questions of where they came from and what became of them continue to intrigue researchers. In Unsolved Mysteries of Texas, author and professional treasure hunter W.C. Jameson will cover these and many other mysterious happenings in the Lone Star State.

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Unsolved Mysteries of Texas: Stories of Legendary Outlaws, Buried Treasure, and Hauntings in the Lone Star State

Unsolved Mysteries of Texas: Stories of Legendary Outlaws, Buried Treasure, and Hauntings in the Lone Star State

by W.C. Jameson
Unsolved Mysteries of Texas: Stories of Legendary Outlaws, Buried Treasure, and Hauntings in the Lone Star State

Unsolved Mysteries of Texas: Stories of Legendary Outlaws, Buried Treasure, and Hauntings in the Lone Star State

by W.C. Jameson

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When it comes to historical mysteries, Texas offers numerous long-perplexing conundrums for readers. Several of the Lone Star State’s enduring legends are associated with historical figures including Davy Crockett, Billy the Kid, John Wilkes Booth, the outlaws Sam Bass and Bill Longley, and the pirate Jean Lafitte. Lost mines and buried treasures are also a long-standing part of Texas history and lore, and the location of several of these riches has baffled searches for well over a century. Searches for these elusive treasures, represented by gold and silver ingots and coins, have ranged from Texas’s mountain ranges to the prairies to the coast, and continue to this day. Texas may also have been the site of several “lost civilizations. Growing evidence suggests that Mayans, a culture long associated with southern Mexican and Central America, may have established settlements in the state after having disappeared from their homeland. The Caddo Mounds spread out over a large section of southeast Texas represent what amounted of a city that was once inhabited by thousands of natives. The questions of where they came from and what became of them continue to intrigue researchers. In Unsolved Mysteries of Texas, author and professional treasure hunter W.C. Jameson will cover these and many other mysterious happenings in the Lone Star State.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493061488
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Publication date: 10/01/2022
Pages: 248
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

About The Author
W. C. Jameson is award-winning author of more than one hundred books and over one thousand articles, including numerous books for Globe Pequot on history’s mysteries. He lives in Llano, Texas.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

Outlaws

Chapter 1 The Five Graves of Billy the Kid 3

Chapter 2 The Two Graves of Jesse James 16

Chapter 3 Did Outlaw Bill Longley Escape the Gallows? 29

Chapter 4 The Mystery of the Bowie Bank Robbery Loot 38

Chapter 5 John Wilkes Booth in Texas 45

Chapter 6 Outlaw Sam Bass and the Missing Gold Coins 58

Lost and Buried Treasure

Chapter 7 The Shatter Lake Treasure 69

Chapter 8 The Goatherder's Lost Treasure 83

Chapter 9 Lavaca River Treasure 95

Chapter 10 The Cursed Treasure of Pirate Jean Laffite 112

Chapter 11 The Mystery of the Bottomless Pit Treasure 120

Hauntings

Chapter 12 The Devil on the Border 131

Chapter 13 La Llorona 140

Chapter 14 The Ghost of the Rio Frio 147

Chapter 15 The Shelby County Hanging Tree 152

Chapter 16 Huntsville's Haunted Cemetery 157

The Rest

Chapter 17 The Mystery of the Iberian Tablet 163

Chapter 18 The Aurora UFO Incident 178

Chapter 19 The Continuing Mystery of the Marfa Lights 187

Chapter 20 How Did Davy Crockett Die? 196

Selected References/Suggested Readings 211

Acknowledgments 215

Index 217

About the Author 237

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