Lost Texas Treasure: Sunken Ships, Rawhide Maps and Buried Plunder

Countless fortunes have disappeared into the vast expanse of the Lone Star State. The history of the coast is cluttered with shipwrecks, like that of the 1554 Spanish fleet. Even when pirates such as Jean Lafitte managed to get their ill-gotten gains ashore, their loot vanished just as completely as if it had sunk beneath the waves. Entire mines, including the ventures of Jim Bowie and San Saba Presidio, have been reclaimed by the earth. The unmarked caches of bandits like Jesse James and P...