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. Laffite approached them and was granted a commission and given command over a 43-ton schooner named General Santander. Fort Worth Daily Gazette, October 3, 1884. There was one spot that we initially found, I think it was June of 2020, which gave us a sonar reading that was pretty much an exact match to a wooden wagon that had submerged with some sort of weight, Roper said. That set off a huge treasure hunting stampede. Beyond Oak Island Episode 2 Summary: Wild West Gold and the Search at Robbers Roost Canyon for Butch Cassidys Lost Treasure, All can be found to have a questing theme within them, Third Annual Masquerade Tribute of Hunts for Charity, The Second Annual Masquerade Tribute Wrap Up, Privacy Policy, Disclaimer and Affiliate Disclosure. When researching Trammels Trace for my last book, I encountered the treasure legend of Hendricks Lake. In one Internet posting, I read the following: Texas has more buried treasure than any other state, with 229 sites within the states borders. Or Black Lake. The Legend hendrickslake.com When the Embargo Act of 1807 came into force, the Laffite brothers moved their business from New Orleans to an island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. So all these treasure magazines sprung around these treasure hunting, metal detectors, stories about lost mines. Fenn treasure - Wikipedia (In English documents, his last name was often spelled Lafitte, but Laffite was the spelling used by Jean and his brother Pierre.). The Lost San Saba Silver Mine This lost mine, with its rich vein of silver, has been what one treasure hunter writer has called the Holy Grail of Texas treasure seekers. In 1756 a Mexican official traveling through Texas learned from Indians of an exposed strain of pure silver that ran through a certain hill in Central Texas. In 2018, we decided to renew the legend with some information of our own. 0000002062 00000 n Ho-hum, right? But a giant storm hit the area, destroying the raft and washing away all the evidence. Join the adventures in Beyond Oak Island- Tuesdays at 10PM and summaries and more in depth looks into the many stories of treasure, here at MW! endobj 155 0 obj If the treasure is out there, then some East Texan is bound to find it. Lived at the lake, rented boats to people who wanted to fish. And an MIT-trained electrical engineer who held a patent for underwater metal detection. The dig, which employed 39 Zuni workmen, was conducted from 1917 through 1921 and in 1923, and uncovered approximately 25,000 artifacts as well as human remains. If you change your mind, you can easily unsubscribe. HISTORY Channel and an East Texas Treasure Legend, Nov 17th 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. Many believe the body of water concealing the silver to be Hendricks Lake near Tatum, although other places have also been examined. My interest in the treasure legend turned into an article for the East Texas Historical Journal and the seeds for this book. During her time at the Watchman, she enjoyed writing features about businesses and local events. Pinkerton himself doesnt personally believe there was any silver brought through East Texas during the time in which the legend takes place because the roads were little more than Indian trails. His interest is in the people who have acted on their belief in the legend. by the Rieseberg article had gone home with no treasure to On Monday, June 16th, 1958 Barney During 1957 and 1958 the most significant attempts to locate the treasure took place at the lake. <>/Metadata 144 0 R/Outlines 97 0 R/Pages 141 0 R/StructTreeRoot 102 0 R/Type/Catalog/ViewerPreferences<>>> Forrest Fenn shares first photos of his discovered treasure | CNN Hits are sounded off. Jean Laffite was a French pirate and privateer born circa 1780. <<83DDF97377B4B2110A0000A4D0C2FC7F>]/Prev 639425>> &m;vH}p,$[%7?7hm'm&@A2Ef8IR%%p.Bs.H'QKR 5 ]sHT. Now, more modern equipment was available, and one man used a metal detector and managed to get some interesting readings from the bottom of the lake. Long-lost Ironton ship is found in Lake Huron after eluding hunters for The lake is located in the extreme northeastern part of the county along the boundary between Rusk and Panola. In Texas, the Laffites founded a pirate colony named Campeche. You have permission to edit this article. 0000002304 00000 n 146 0 obj 156 0 obj He knows more than a thing or two about the present . In 1969 an MIT graduate with a degree in electrical engineering and a patent for an underwater device for locating metals motored along the surface of Hendricks Lake in an eight-foot fiberglass boat towing his electronics. 152 0 obj This book is the story of those people. World's largest 'treasure hoard' worth over $20 billion may soon be found A heating and air conditioning contractor. He believes that stories like this reveal something about the people who tell them. 0000002542 00000 n Treasure Hunters at Hendricks Lake" but he is not a 'true believer' himself. 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. In doing the research, I ran across stories about Hendricks Lake, Pinkerton said. The Cherokees started getting their butts kicked. xref The oilmen then built a raft with a hole in the center and sank large pipes into the goop on the lake bottom. The first episode premiered on Tuesday November 17 at 10PM EST on the History Channel. Cush Reeves. 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. The legend of Hendricks Lake treasure has inspired men to search for it for at least 150 years. Whether the treasure is truly out there or not remains to be proven. There was no treasure found. After completing high school in Virginia, she moved to New York City and pursued a career as a model following her entry into a Seventeen cover contest. Two oilmen from Texas actually brought a giant crane to the lake after getting some interesting readings from the bottom of Hendricks Lake. Scotty Stotlar, Sr., appeared to have what it took to mount another serious attempt. Jupiter Island. So read this, get up, and go after your pot of gold. endobj For more information on Sunken Silver, visit www.sunkensilver.com. Every dollar helps. All they found was a big sawblade from one of the sawmills that had operated on the lake; they left the artifact behind for future treasure hunters. On the trail of East Texas' buried treasure - NewsBreak Hendricks Lake, Seagoville pharmacist who was the diver that planted dynamite on the bottom of Hendricks Lake. Not a treasure hunter, but a character who built an amphibious tractor he called the Watt-a-Bug which he drove into Hendricks Lake. Barnie Waldrop. 15 Hidden Treasures Rumored to Be Somewhere in the United States When one of the recent landowners near the lake sold their property to the mining company, they inserted a treasure clause that reserves the rights to one-half of any treasure trove found on the Property by Purchaser. There will always be true believers in the treasure legend of Hendricks Lake. True Believers: Treasure Hunters at Hendricks Lake. Mainly clear. endobj 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. Fire Ants Have Unleashed Chaos in Texas for Decades. Jean Laffite's treasure in the Sabine River - Lone star treasure A lookout for alligators and venomous snakes is Access to the lake that for 150 years had been accessible for picnics and fishing was closed off to all but a few private landowners at the time. This is the place where six wagon loads of silver stolen by Jean Lafitte from a ship called the Santa Rosa were supposedly dumped, according to HendricksLake.com, a website run by author and independent researcher, Gary L. Pinkerton. George Mallory (left) with Andrew Irvine in the last known photo of them on their fatal Everest climb in June 1924. 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. Gary L. Pinkerton, Trammels Trace: The First Road to Texas from the North (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2016). 1``b`5 Y0$ Au`j`H@ A Book by Gary L. Pinkerton, author of "Trammel's Trace". Roper himself had first heard the legend when he was a young boy and has returned to it intermittently throughout his life. Winds light and variable. Their father, Barnie Waldrop, was the most active local treasure hunter. Follow the link to read our updated Privacy Policy. 2019. The tale basically states Galveston-based pirate Jean Laffite, in the year 1816, plundered a Spanish ship named the Santa Rosa. The hidden fortunes of the Doan Boys Gang, said to be $2 million at least. e d u / e t h j)/Rect[230.8867 249.8227 390.0566 261.5414]/StructParent 5/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> One particularly famous legend is that of Jean Lafitte's treasure. The earliest mention of the treasure legend of Hendricks Lake that Pinkerton could find was in 1884. . Not one of them found any of the reported treasure, but that never prevented the next person from trying. Blackbeard and the mysterious unsolved code of Olivier Levassuer, or The Buzzard, are mentioned. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents( \n h t t p s : / / s c h o l a r w o r k s . A brig named Santa Rosa plundered in Matagorda Bay in 1816. Now, more modern equipment was available, and one man used a metal detector and managed to get some interesting readings from the bottom of the lake. click photo for more. I dont want to give too much away, but part of the reason that Hendricks Lake may have been incorrectly added to the story is because, I believe, in the late 1830s there may have been something found on a property owned by a man with the last name OHendrick, Roper said. The team, known as the "Temple Twelve," have been . Boise County - Near the Nevada state line at Rye Flats, a shipment of newly-minted gold coins . 0000003684 00000 n | MLS# A11347652 1843 S Federal Hwy , Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316 Pinkerton also maintains facebook pages Trammels Trace and Hendricks Lake Treasure-True Believers. Clarksville Standard, August 29, 1884. . 10 Lost Treasures in America Waiting to be Found. endstream There was an error processing your request. I spent the majority of the summer of 2020 organizing expeditions into the lake, through sonar we had come up with quite a few hits of things that were very interesting, Roper said. 0 Gary is currently working on a history of Spanish East Texas focused between 1770 and 1813. 4. . Hendricks Lake near Tatum is now off limits to the public because it is on land owned by a mining company. To contact Pinkerton, call (409) 201-8026 or email gary.pinkerton@outlook.com. Calvin Wilcher is in charge of the scans..he is on watch for something not of Mother nature. Kuna, ID hosted by Treasure Valley Disc Golf. Larry Holzwarth - May 12, 2018. An electrical engineer and MIT grad who before coming to Hendricks Lake to look for treasure had found the Union navys ironclad Tecumseh in Mobile Bay. hill on the Lakes side, the scans show some promising images. The Secret: Location of the Treasure in Lake Park, Milwaukee Mark Heffron 35 subscribers Subscribe 5.6K views 2 years ago In this video I reveal the location of the treasure in Lake Park,. Although the lake was searched in the 50s and 60s, nothing was found at that time. Every penny counts! Captain Blackbeard's Lost Silver, said to be $1.5 million worth of silver bars. His website is titled True Believers: Treasure Hunters at Hendricks Lake but he is not a true believer himself. On the Trail of East Texas Treasures - Hinterland Gazette 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. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents(cdsscholarworks@sfasu.edu)/Rect[183.5112 72.3516 299.2412 82.8984]/StructParent 10/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> down. Leave them blank to get signed up. In the last chapter of the book, I really talk about where do we go from here now., Theres something inherent in us that wants to believe those legends, Pinkerton stated. A pharmacist. May the hunters strike gold. Legend has it that the ship was so big it took two months to load and the Spanish were so upset with its loss that they sent five more ships to recover it- unsuccessfully. Born to an American mother and English father in Knoxville, Tennessee, Hendricks was raised in Portland, Oregon, and Twin Falls, Idaho, where she became active in local theater. In fact, this same story about Lafitte treasure being lost somewhere, was repeated over and over in almost the same pattern from the Gulf Coast all the way up into Arkansas and Missouri.. Having grown up hearing these stories about buried treasure and now searching for it himself, hes becoming a part of history. 146 23 . Any "COB" finds in Texas I was just wondering if any member in Texas has found any cobs, reales, etc. Other stories of Pirate Treasures are discussed. 153 0 obj In an interview . When we were looking through the story and seeing some of the characters that got interested in it, seeing some of the nations most prominent treasure hunters getting interested in the story, the story being picked up by some of the largest magazines and news outlets across the country in the 50s and 60s, seeing involvement from one of the worlds most famous psychicsits an incredible story, Roper noted. Oxbow lakes result from a river's course change, in this case the Sabine River just to thc north. %PDF-1.7 % 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. Is there anything better than the tale of someone discovering a hidden clue, figuring out an obscure reference, finding the final piece of the puzzle, and then discovering a fantastic stash of gold or silver? PRIME turn-key restaurant is a landmark of Fort Laud(Former Ernie's BBQ). Legends live on! In this work you will find what I hope you found in my first book solid, thorough research and a story with which we can all connect. Despite this, no silver bars were found. Hutchinson Island. But alas, nothing came of it. Sheriff of Carthage, who co-owned 470 acres on the northwest end of the lake with Corbett Akins. They have documented their search for reported treasure over eight seasons. Christian Peoples commitment to myths, tall tales and legends is powerful, according to Pinkerton. a must to have. It says so much about East Texas folklore. Gary L . Do@aj^HmFd*`G1 Christian is not discouraged. The film will explore the history of various parts of the tale, how they came to be woven in to a single fable and will reveal what was discovered during the months of research put into the project, including a new theory and information indicating the account of lost silver in an East Texas lake is actually a combination of stories. The story goes that Union soldiers tracked down Confederate president Jefferson Davis in 1865 and confiscated his gold. 168 0 obj Read More about The wreck of La Belle, 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? <> . IXK\!%X[CQq tfI&JA PAefQj$9k,HmN}) n1jXb#,L5N_T U7VOn'u[^cW c{*`!+?@6rJQ|n ;fr4a}_OM%)t0 HUn>>IudFn _IXEvFmoj8!~X!HL: His book, True Believers: Treasure Hunters at Hendricks Lake, focused on the variety of people and their attempts to discover the fabled hidden silver and was released this past April. 1. One thing is certain though, East Texans will continue to be fascinated by stories like these. TYLER, Texas (KETK) Legends of buried treasure have fascinated people around the world since time immemorial. Mainly clear. For information on, or to order True Believers, visit www.hendrickslake.com. He built a new kind of sewing machine, and in. Rio Vista | MLS# F10370332 1001 SE 5th Ct , Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Laffite was wounded in the battle and is believed to have died just after dawn. Houston historian Gary Pinkerton, a Longview native, is fascinated by those treasure hunters and their searches. George Heye's Legacy: An Unparalleled Collection %%EOF Alternate versions of that story have been documented since the 1880s, with variations including that the silver was from Santa Anna and the battle of San Jacinto and that the treasure was in a different location nearby. 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. Later, someone else who got high metal readings tried to dynamite the bottom of the lake. All in all, several wagons loaded with silver ingots went into the river. No matter the evidence, they knew there were more ships filled with riches.. Jean Lafitte's treasure Photo of Hendricks Lake, courtesy of Gary L. Pinkerton The duo are currently working to make a documentary about the local legend of sunken silver ingots in the lake near Tatum. They got away with three thousand freshly-minted 1877 $20 gold pieces. It was packed with tons of gold and silver. Now, two years later, in his book, "True Believers: Treasure Hunters at Hendricks Lake," he has given new life to a legend about hidden silver that developed alongside Trammel's Trace. Daniel Vaughn is the countrys first barbecue editor, and he has eaten more barbecue than you have. 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. Christian B. Roper on a scouting trip for his film . Jack Steuf Found Forrest Fenn's Hidden Treasure - The New York Times In the 1950s, the Sabine River and the nearby lake (Hendricks Lake) experienced a new onslaught of treasure seekers when the story of Laffites silver was published by the True West magazine. Secret stash of tsar's gold worth billions found in old rail tunnel But all the treasure hunters declared that I must be hiding the truth. He also noted there were a handful of other treasure legends that were nearly the same but with a different location or body of water and no specific piece of evidence regarding the Hendricks Lake silver on which he can hang his hat., When asked what he hopes Sunken Silver will accomplish, he answered just to tell the story.. June 6, 2020 - Fenn writes on his blog that the treasure has been found.
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