<>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents()/Rect[130.3037 595.1786 171.4307 606.1786]/StructParent 2/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> At times the story stayed in circulation due to the efforts of Harry E. Rieseberg, a man who was the self-proclaimed '"worlds greatest underwater treasure hunter.. I once made a scientific study of all the known shipwrecks, from ancient to modern, that occurred off the Texas coast. . Hendricks is an oxbow lake near where Rusk, Harrison, and Panola coun ties meet a few miles north ofTatum,Texas. One of Hendricks's biggest contributions was financing the excavation of Hawikku, an ancestral village in New Mexico, where the A:shiwi (Zuni) first made contact with Europeans. Lets be honest, everybody loves a good treasure story. This is the list to receive occasional emails containing special offers, deals and promotions (like contests). Do@aj^HmFd*`G1 0000000016 00000 n <>stream On an 1863 map of the area, it was named Flanagan Lake but since the 1880s has been known by its present name. Low 47F. This catch rendered a lot of attention and by 1884, the Sabine River was riddled with silver hunters. A lookout for alligators and venomous snakes is Jupiter Island. 168 0 obj <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents( \n h t t p s : / / s c h o l a r w o r k s . Six wagon loads of silver carried north along Trammel's Trace. 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. The enduring story of Hendricks Lake is a treasure legend that has been around for more than 150 years. George Mallory's lost camera. Christian is not discouraged. A dirt contractor. When a producer for The History Channel contacted me in early summer, the legend was about to add a new chapter to the story.The Lagina brothers of Oak Island fame were beginning a new series, Beyond Oak Island, and the story of Hendricks Lake was the premiere episode on November 17, 2020. Just about every book written about Texas in that era mentioned it. For Roper, stories like these are more than a curiosity. In 1909 members of the United States Geological Survey visited the site, which they described as being unproductive. Im hoping someday that people can get back down there, Pinkerton said. This warrants some underwater metal detectors to be taken Texas, I learned, is full of buried treasureor, to be a bit more accurate, full of stories about buried treasures that no one has been able to find. This book is the story of those people. 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. 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. 161 0 obj Somebody made fun of him; he clubbed the guy to death. She was then forgotten for nearly 300 years. Drained Lake Delhi Revealed Some Treasures: One scavenger found 50 antiques, three rings and an old radio in the mud of this lake in Iowa. accepts, and the show continues at Hendricks Lake in East Texas. During the Mexican War of Independence, the Laffites served as spies for the Spanish, after moving to Galveston Island, Texas. endstream A Seagoville pharmacist who sailed around the world. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular images. [150 0 R 151 0 R 152 0 R 153 0 R 154 0 R 155 0 R 156 0 R 157 0 R 158 0 R 159 0 R] Spring is situated 3 miles northeast of Hendricks Lake. s f a s u . 156 0 obj Fort Pierce. Did the infamous privateer Jean Laffite steal a $2 million fortune in silver from a Spanish galleon and bury it in the Sabine River near the East Texas town Sabine? The Lagina Brothers, famous for their search for the lost treasure on Oak Island and featured in the show The Curse of Oak Island, now hosts a new show called, Beyond Oak Island. When a giant storm hit the region, the raft was washed away and destroyed. Lr !_) 0000003684 00000 n TREASURE HUNTER CLAIMS FBI IS COVERING UP DISCOVERY OF CIVIL WAR-ERA GOLD WORTH MILLIONS "The two vessels separated after the impact, both fatally damaged. The legends a legend, but the people that believed it and the effort they went through to actually find it despite obvious questions about the details, Pinkerton stated. An occasional newspaper article kept the story alive and throughout the 1960s treasure hunters found their way to Hendrick's Lake, but none matched the expeditions launched by the SoRelle . It lies along the historic route of Trammels Trace, only one and one-quarter miles south of the location of Ramsdales Crossing/Ferry (Rocky Ford) on the Sabine River. wagons to be pushed down an embankment and into a lake. In the early 1800s, Stephen F. Austin, on his first trip to Texas, also heard about a rich silver mine on the San Saba River and a gold mine on the Llano. Host Mattie Blake and local movie maker Christian B. Roper (see Sunken Silver) led a team conducting underwater searching. ]9xd@% ilIA):cOr+}fJg-|o)!6ns+"6nsj[R JMr}bz b)N$PvfeY%Gc Za}J8420sw*b96z>r$J54a 75U,Y{hw!C'9i?| P[Zvh]|bNb7hRAbTi#n'M{ His website is titled True Believers: Treasure Hunters at Hendricks Lake but he is not a true believer himself. La Belle was a French ship that sank in Matagorda Bay in 1685 after running aground in a storm. wATCH THE EPISODE HERE. So all these treasure magazines sprung around these treasure hunting, metal detectors, stories about lost mines. The stories of treasure have been around for a long time, Pinkerton said. Angie Hendricks has been a dedicated RE/MAX Realtor for more than a decade, who offers attention to detail in every real estate transaction she handles. Pinkerton. Click here to start your Free Trial (no credit card required), by Michelle Dillon michelle@thecherokeean.com. endobj Joe spent many hours growing up around Milzie Williamson and later used his Fisher M-Scope metal detector to search those mysterious holes. But all the treasure hunters declared that I must be hiding the truth. Akins and one of his former deputies were landowners along the lake and active onlookers with a piece of the action. Barnie Waldrop of carthage was one of the more persistent treasure hunters. That's . endobj But they got nothing. He is portrayed by Armando Riesco. This lake has its dangers, of course. According to Swanger, the treasure was hidden beneath a dead tree at a place called Heughs Canyon Trail, at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon in Utah. wooden object recovered during dive for the taping On the episode, diver Alex Wilcher brought up the one item found during the days spent searching. Abilene Reporter-News, June 24, 1958. :icon_scratch: Thanks, Ernie . My father did do a bit of treasure hunting and more notably he was involved in a few treasure hunting circles of scuba divers. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. According to legend, Singer hid the money he found in a large sand dune that he called Money Hill. But as fate would have it, he and his family had to abandon their Texas home during the Civil War because they were considered Union sympathizers. Leave them blank to get signed up. The hidden fortunes of the Doan Boys Gang, said to be $2 million at least. Spanish silver stolen by the privateer, Jean Lafitte. One person who is still committed to the Hendricks Lake legend is Jacksonville documentary film maker and treasure hunter, Christian B. Roper. After sitting undisturbed for more than 10 years, a treasure chest holding gold nuggets and precious gems has been found in the Rocky Mountains. The earliest mention of the treasure legend of Hendricks Lake that Pinkerton could find was in 1884. And he says, Treasure has a way of keeping its secrets. Here are six of the supposedly greatest Texas treasures still out there. 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. Oxbow lakes result from a river's course change, in this case the Sabine River just to thc north. There are people who spend their whole lives and considerable sums of money searching for sunken treasure ships, lost mines, and hidden loot. In Colombian newspapers, his death was lamented and his obituary described him as a brave naval officer. 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 . There are two legends in particular that seem to have found purchase in the minds of East Texas treasure hunters. Despite intense efforts at dredging, detecting, diving, and dynamiting for Hendricks Lake treasure, the only thing that was reportedly found in the lake was the rim of an old wagon wheel. The Lakeview Motel's name is false advertising these dry days. Access to those treasure seekers was largely through land owned by a former Panola County sheriff, Corbett Akins, and one of his deputies, L.E. Over the years, Hendrick's 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. The first episode premiered on Tuesday November 17 at 10PM EST on the History Channel. Adams was a Rusk County backwoodsman who wears an old slouch felt hat, bib overalls, and a denim jacket, buttoned at the throat even in hot weather, and a favorite character of columnist Frank X. Tolbert for many of his Tolberts Texas articles over the years. On 4 February 1823, Laffite was onboard the General Santander off the town of Omoa in Honduras. We need your support because we are a non-profit organization that relies upon contributions from our community in order to record and preserve the history of our state. To contact Pinkerton, call (409) 201-8026 or email gary.pinkerton@outlook.com. 153 0 obj Fearing an ambush by Native Americans, they then decided to hide the treasure by pushing it into the muddy waters of the Sabine River. Gary L. Pinkerton, Trammels Trace: The First Road to Texas from the North (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2016). (Courtesy of Andy Swanger) As far as more. 0000001390 00000 n Overtime, Roper believes that this information was interpreted to mean that there was treasure in Hendricks Lake. In Gretna in 1960, across the river from New Orleans, a large number of gold coins were found in an area frequented by Lafitte and his men .According to another story, Laffite buried a large cache on an unnamed island in Lake Borgne. We had not even known that he had heard of the treasure. Houston historian Gary Pinkerton, a Longview native, is fascinated by those treasure hunters and their searches. Jimmy Carters Peanut-and-Egg Taco Made Quite the Impression on San Antonians, How Florence ButtNot Her SonLaunched the H-E-B Empire, The Top 50 Texas BBQ Joints: 2021 Edition, Saying Goodbye to Fairfield Lake State Park. Jean Laffite was a French pirate and privateer born circa 1780. After getting some readings at the bottom of the lake (Hendricks Lake), two Dallas oilmen actually brought in a giant crane and attached a drag bucket to the cable. by the Rieseberg article had gone home with no treasure to On Monday, June 16th, 1958 Barney Cush Reeves. That lucky treasure hunter who finds where X marks the spot, will become an East Texas legend, just like the treasure they strove to find. Hobe Sound. 2. Houston oil men began a search for Spanish silver-thelegendary treasure of Hendricks Lake.! The NOAA says the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and partners first found the Ohio in Lake Huron in 2017. Connecting the legend to peoples minds now so it doesnt die out, I think is important, Pinkerton asserted. But a giant storm hit the area, destroying the raft and washing away all the evidence. When I was seven years old, we were at Athens Scuba Park owned by Calvin Wilcher and he was the one who told me the story, Roper explained.We were sitting in this dive store and Calvin just says, Hey, have you heard the story of pirate treasure in East Texas? At seven years old Im just going to find that extremely interesting. Other stories of Pirate Treasures are discussed. 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. As of May 2022, she resides in Austin and does media relations for TCEQ. Legend has it that Basss part of the money is in Cove Hollow, about thirty miles from Denton. It says so much about East Texas folklore. . e d u / e t h j)/Rect[230.8867 249.8227 390.0566 261.5414]/StructParent 5/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> help him in his search. . 3 talking about this. endobj endobj The duo are currently working to make a documentary about the local legend of sunken silver ingots in the lake near Tatum. Despite this, no silver bars were found. Forrest Wilder writes about politics and the outdoors. He was reading a book about lost treasure that inspired him to do some digging online, where he found supposed evidence that a ship was lurking underneath the water. Soldiers approach, wagons sunk in Hendricks Lake, an oxbow lake just south of the Sabine River in northeastern Rusk County. Oak Island Treasure Found May 18, 2021 Gagare1952 13.4K subscribers Subscribe 1.2K 292K views 1 year ago Breaking News: My friend John from Oak Island spend his whole life looking for that. Not all listings found on this site are necessarily listed through Best of Luxury Realty, Corp. 155 0 obj hill on the Lakes side, the scans show some promising images. To the north of Tatum, in the middle of the forest, lies Lake Hendrix. Waldrop believed this man had many treasure secrets, but he was a well-known fraud. January 2023 Reader Quiz: What Did You Learn?