I looked into it a little bit in high school and at UT, just on and off. Since that time, many parties and individuals have endeavored to find the Lost Treasure of Hendricks Lake, with searches as early as 1884 and as recently as the 1970s. 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. HOUSTON It's the treasure hunt of a lifetime, and now it's landed them on national TV. Jensen Beach. 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. 1``b`5 Y0$ Au`j`H@ A semi-weekly newsletter with all of The Panola Watchman's sports coverage. May the hunters strike gold. 0000010052 00000 n down. 0000000016 00000 n Winds light and variable.. The basic story is that in 1816 silver stolen by pirate Jean Lafitte from the Spanish brig Santa Rosa was being moved north from Matagorda Bay to St. Louis, Missouri, for disposal. A Book by Gary L. Pinkerton, author of "Trammel's Trace", Ive seen fifty of em beaten by the lakes bog bottom, from oil explorers and water witchers to plain nuts. . If the treasure is out there, then some East Texan is bound to find it. I got copies of pages in Spanish that say Yeah there was the Santa Rosa, the proposed name of the ship, there was a Santa Rosa, (but) it didnt sink. It carried cane liquor and salt and sugar from Cuba to Cadiz. The same thing is true for the Paradise Cove Lodge down California 178. In one Internet posting, I read the following: Texas has more buried treasure than any other state, with 229 sites within the states borders. for the most familiar version of the legend. endobj It certainly had promise since it was a round piece of wood, like the legend of the wagon sunk in the lake. Here are six of the supposedly greatest Texas treasures still out there. The crescent-shaped lake is less than a mile long, thirty to fifty yards wide, and twelve to forty feet deep. The stolen loot was smuggled north some years later but ended up in Lake. Born in Longview in East Texas and living in Houston, Gary has published works of history born of his curiosity about what happened long ago in East Texas that played a role in the history of the Republic and of the State of Texas. Hendricks Lake, It featured Pirate Treasures. Hendricks Lake is an oxbow lake one and one-half miles south of the Sabine River and about four miles northeast of Tatum in Rusk County, Texas (32.371864N, 94.493190W). He built a new kind of sewing machine, and in. As Laffite and his men raced through East Texas with the wagons, Spanish. they might find something, a storm rolls in. The duo are currently working to make a documentary about the local legend of sunken silver ingots in the lake near Tatum. According to a story by Mary Roger of the Fort Worth Star Telegram, the silver was indeed robbed from a galleon by Laffite and his mean in the early 19th century. LAKE CHIEMSEE, GOLDEN CAULDRON In Bavaria, in southern Germany, Lake Chiemsee has been the focus of many divers ever since a Nazi-themed gold cauldron, worth more than $560,000, was found there in . The Lost Padre Mine Somewhere in the Franklin Mountains overlooking the Rio Grande River in El Paso County is the Lost Padre Mine. Contacts. <<83DDF97377B4B2110A0000A4D0C2FC7F>]/Prev 639425>> Two years later, its researchers went on a mapping expedition with the . Christian Roper and Brackston McKnight, film makers. Hendricks Lake, once a commonly-frequented lake both for recreation and treasure hunting, is no longer accessible to the public. The show starts with the Lagina brothers, Rick and Marty, sharing how their search on Oak Island opened them up to a world full of mysteries and lost treasures to explore. Click here to start your Free Trial (no credit card required), by Michelle Dillon michelle@thecherokeean.com. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents()/Rect[493.2393 594.2333 540.0 607.124]/StructParent 3/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> Sorry, there are no recent results for popular videos. 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Tyler oilman who partnered with Charles Fitzhugh Grice to do underwater metal detection in 1969. George Mallory (left) with Andrew Irvine in the last known photo of them on their fatal Everest climb in June 1924. click photo for more. 0000002304 00000 n The oilmen then built a raft with a hole in the center and sank large pipes into the goop on the lake bottom. My father did do a bit of treasure hunting and more notably he was involved in a few treasure hunting circles of scuba divers. There was a problem saving your notification. The brothers meet with a Christian Roper who is actively hunting for the lost treasure of the pirate, Jean Lafitte. Little Cypress Creek, north of Gilmer, is the site where legend says a cache of Mexican coinage was dumped, according to A Brief History of Upshur County a history book published in 1946. The mud is deep on the bottom, and just as <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents( \n h t t p s : / / s c h o l a r w o r k s . A pharmacist. ingots were in transport, but the Spanish had set a trap. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents(cdsscholarworks@sfasu.edu)/Rect[183.5112 72.3516 299.2412 82.8984]/StructParent 10/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> Boise County - Close to 3,000,000 troy ounces of gold have been removed from the gravels of the Bose Basin and according to treasure hunters, there is plenty more to be found. All in all, several wagons loaded with silver ingots went into the river. To contact Pinkerton, call (409) 201-8026 or email gary.pinkerton@outlook.com. His body was buried at sea in the Gulf of Honduras. 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. Download Free PDF. A light came on when the probe hit metal. endobj Palm City. This is the list to receive occasional emails containing special offers, deals and promotions (like contests). I determined that there were maybe five that might have contained some sort of treasure. Hendricks Lake 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? Texas is full of buried bootyor, to be a bit more accurate, full of stories about buried booty that no one has been able to find. On an 1863 map of the area, it was named Flanagan Lake but since the 1880s has been known by its present name. At the end of World War II, the German Nazi's are believed to have sunk a fortune in Lake Toplitz, Austria, Daily Star reports. The lake is located in the extreme northeastern part of the county along the boundary between Rusk and Panola. In 1983 a German biologist accidentally discovered more forged British pounds, numerous Nazi-era rockets and missiles that had crashed into the lake, and a previously unknown worm. 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.. The parade of those who made documented efforts for the treasure included oilmen, a television repairman, a pharmacist, a grocery store owner, dirt contractors, water well diggers, fraudulent treasure hunting equipment hucksters, a heating and air-conditioning technician, and numerous other true believers. Searchers used aerial photos, underwater metal detectors, and magnetometers to aid in their efforts. and the story of the Hendricks Lake treasure is no different. "I do not know the person who found it, but the poem in my book led him to the precise spot," Fenn writes. Many believe the body of water concealing the silver to be Hendricks Lake near Tatum, although other places have also been examined. %%EOF Im going to talk to his son, who was 14 or so when they were out at the lake. swieser@panolawatchman.com, Stolen treasure, hidden mystery: Tatum-area lake lore focus of movie project. Winds light and variable. Secret stash of tsar's gold worth billions found in old rail tunnel near Lake Baikal. In 1884, Tatum clubbed a man to death who made light of his attempts to drain Hendricks Lake. Fire Ants Have Unleashed Chaos in Texas for Decades. Tales of pirate booty and Mexican gold have captivated minds for generations, and it all could be closer than you might think. 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. Can College Sports Get More Absurd Than SMU Joining the Pac-12? 0000000756 00000 n 0000003902 00000 n 0000006665 00000 n <>stream The first episode premiered on Tuesday November 17 at 10PM EST on the History Channel. A lookout for alligators and venomous snakes is Societies are kind of defined by what they put their belief in and what they really want to be true. At one point, while wandering the beaches of Padre Island, he came across a bunch of Spanish coins. In doing the research, I ran across stories about Hendricks Lake, Pinkerton said. Gary L . In June of 2020, the treasure was finally found by a man who chose not to be named (perhaps understandably, as he was suddenly $5 million richer!). I always thought it was interesting that people had reason to believe there was pirate treasure 200 miles from the coast.. &m;vH}p,$[%7?7hm'm&@A2Ef8IR%%p.Bs.H'QKR 5 ]sHT. The Fenn Treasure was a cache of gold and jewels that Forrest Fenn, an art dealer and author from Santa Fe, New Mexico, hid in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. It is this tale that Christian wants to follow up on. Although they attended different universities, Roper reconnected with high school friends Brackston McKnight and Ryan Travis and the three now work together on the project. Peter Walker Adams lived in one of the houses on the hill near the lake and figured prominently in many of the newspaper stories. The story goes that wagon loads of silver 160 0 obj 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. North of Tatum, in the middle of the woods, lies Hendricks Lake. :icon_scratch: Thanks, Ernie THE LEGEND A brig named Santa Rosa plundered in Matagorda Bay in 1816. He built a new kind of sewing machine, and in 1851 he started I.M. We organized some strategic searches via dives doing grid patterns and things of that sort to try to get those up.. If pirate plunder and sunken silver hidden in a lake seem like the elements of folklore, they are. There are two legends in particular that seem to have found purchase in the minds of East Texas treasure hunters. (Image credit: Pictorial Press Ltd./Alamy) British . The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry. Like everybody else, he tried to find it over and over and over again. Its hard to find any newspaper before that, but thats the first and oldest mention that I found of it, he said. Christian Roper and Brackston McKnight lay eyes on Hendricks Lake, the alleged locale of sunken pirate treasure. 0000007400 00000 n Over the years there have been many who made a minimal effort or spent a little time at the lake only to discover that the conditions were too difficult and they had neither the time nor the money for such an undertaking. by the Rieseberg article had gone home with no treasure to On Monday, June 16th, 1958 Barney Please post photos and a general area if you have . startxref It was one of the first times I met with Brackston after we graduated university last summer, Roper recalled. His interest is in the people who have acted on their belief in the legend. 0000017011 00000 n Oxbow lakes result from a river's course change, in this case the Sabine River just to thc north. Others have mounted full-scale salvage expeditions with backhoes and monster trucks and whatnot. And soldiers were overtaking them, so they had six wagon loads full of gold and silver they dumped it in the lake. Just about every book written about Texas in that era mentioned it. Stella Wieser of the Panola Watchman. endobj Treasure Hunters at Hendricks Lake" but he is not a 'true believer' himself. Its slated to be released in May on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Tubi. Clarksville Standard, August 29, 1884. hill on the Lakes side, the scans show some promising images. Hendricks Lake was the sight of many treasure hunts over the course of the 20th century. Christian knows his pirate history! Pictured from left, Gary Pinkerton, Brackson McKnight and Christian Roper. endstream He knows more than a thing or two about the present . The NOAA says the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and partners first found the Ohio in Lake Huron in 2017. Some fishermen in the last century pulled several silver bars from those very waters with a hoop net. Hendericks was a member of the Cras Est Nostrum and became Salazar at some point in the past. In the final battle of the War of 1812, Lafitte and his comrades helped General Andrew Jackson defend New Orleans against the British. James Bowie went on an expedition to find it. The various people that searched for the Hendricks Lake treasure hooked him. 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. 158 0 obj As of 2019 much of the land surrounding the lake was in the permit area for the surface mining for lignite that covers thousands of acres. Just another myth? Stories like this, its what created a filmmaker in myself, its what creates archeologists, its what creates people that come up with plans to conquer whatever they want to solve in life, its just a special place.. They know its there. Jean Lafitte's treasure Photo of Hendricks Lake, courtesy of Gary L. Pinkerton 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. Waldrop believed this man had many treasure secrets, but he was a well-known fraud. 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. s f a s u . xXMsFWLU9C*ZYWNUX=@$(" (~ J>iyAy/eJ%.%c~(~s9yLrMw3iQSM?FOgmvw[s[j3Hr'YyX~mvvN39 Kc7YcqZYo)~}u3 ? So all these treasure magazines sprung around these treasure hunting, metal detectors, stories about lost mines. endobj a must to have. Roper is the director of a four-part documentary series about the Hendricks Lake legend titled Sunken Silver. The documentary follows Ropers personal journey with the story, starting when he first heard it at 7-years-old and chronicling his dives and searches at Hendricks Lake. Christian B. Roper on a scouting trip for his film . CNN As soon as Forrest Fenn announced that his treasure was found earlier this month, rumors swirled about whether it had really been found or if the treasure hunt had been a hoax all. Spring is a census-designated place within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston in Harris County, Texas, United States, part of the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area. Excited about the history, research, and prospects of this Things Found in the San Antonio River: Periodic draining of sections of the river have revealed skateboards, Mardi Gras beads, old bottles and a cell phone. The first documented treasure recovery attempt in 1894 was based on the belief that Santa Anna had dumped gold, silver, and jewels, By 1935, a full-page syndicated article fleshed out more details. But alas, nothing came of it. That's . See the BLOG here for more details. There was an error processing your request. . 01 April 2017. The desire to believe that millions of dollars of silver bars still lie at the bottom of Hendricks Lake is not for the treasure hunters only. The team has found several people who have direct . The Lost Treasure of Hendricks Lake The infamous pirate of the Gulf Jean Lafitte took a $2 million fortune in silver from a Spanish galleon and supposedly buried it in the Sabine River near the East Texas town of Sabine. Success! But people buy into it, and thats the part thats interesting to me.. Also join us in the Facebook Group: Beyond Oak Island Treasures for more discussions. There are people who spend their whole lives and considerable sums of money searching for sunken treasure ships, lost mines, and hidden loot. The self-proclaimed worlds greatest underwater treasure hunter wrote several articles about Hendricks Lake for pulp magazines of the 50s and 60s. An estimated $340 million., And as I write, the treasure hunters are out there, hunting, hunting, and hunting. Houston historian Gary Pinkerton, a Longview native, is fascinated by those treasure hunters and their searches. They have documented their search for reported treasure over eight seasons. 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. When he got on board is when things started getting fairly serious.. After sitting undisturbed for more than 10 years, a treasure chest holding gold nuggets and precious gems has been found in the Rocky Mountains. Connecting the legend to peoples minds now so it doesnt die out, I think is important, Pinkerton asserted. 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.. The enduring story of Hendricks Lake is a treasure legend that has been around for more than 150 years. Ho-hum, right? This page is for discussion about that early history,. The team, known as the "Temple Twelve," have been . The stories of treasure have been around for a long time, Pinkerton said. Ive actually been at this project about 14 months now. Spanish silver stolen by the privateer, Jean Lafitte. He believes that stories like this reveal something about the people who tell them. 161 0 obj 0000001829 00000 n As a young girl, Diana pushed the plunger to set off dynamite. "You're a liability, Sebastian" Hendricks[src] Agent D. Hendricks is an FBI agent and the leader of Cras Est Nostrum. Filming for Sunken Silver should be completed by late summer and the documentary released during the fall. . At that time, the legend was that Mexican land pirates lived along the lake and dumped gold, silver, and precious stones in the lake when they were attacked by the Texans or some other forces. Tatum reportedly built a device with buckets on a conveyor and operated by steam engines to attempt to bail the water from the lake. To make this film a reality, we are seeking donors to help us meet our minimum budget goal. Hobe Sound. He sent soldiers to look for it, but they found nothing. Laffite approached them and was granted a commission and given command over a 43-ton schooner named General Santander. They say this inspired them to reach out to other treasure hunters and hear their stories. But theres just been this very persistent legend, and so in the late 50s, mid 60s, there were two really big efforts (to locate the treasure), tons of articles in the Watchman about these two different groups searching for it, dredging.. though. Captain Blackbeard's Lost Silver, said to be $1.5 million worth of silver bars. January 2023 Reader Quiz: What Did You Learn? Meanwhile, his younger brother John was exploring the coast of Texas. We had not even known that he had heard of the treasure. :P1N8ihB:Ap"4qau_-6)aqhcgZ!=(!~qB3&\S%I}Dc{M6H31jiet_Ya dZ`URw#ser6QcS$JJrnlHN_f1`>!nUA{:_>vtZ)F+/z#~+PDG-+\X?U89XfDD\%E%R! b#[\Z}%dw2Q cDDp=_Em&>M!$]5yors8%52]Tp%>E]SV)IW%]Ka("Y4'7QuFf$a According to the legend, the Cherokee were fleeing north after the Battle of Neches when Roper said their path crossed Little Cypress Creek on the property of a man named OHendrick. Error! The total value? 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. He gave the loot to smugglers who were attempting to transport six wagonloads of silver ingots to St. Louis where the treasure would presumably be minted into coins. 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. There are two legends in particular that seem to have found purchase in the minds of East Texas treasure hunters. The Hix boys from Baytown were featured on Discovery Channel's "Expedition Unknown" for their quest . The son of Corbett Akins, Brodie grew up with Hendricks Lake as a routine part of his life and still owned that land on the lake until mining began. 0000003684 00000 n 0000003470 00000 n Little is known about his origins, but he was probably born either in Basque-France or in the French colony Saint-Domingue. There is a legend surrounding a supposed lost treasure in East Texas, one that filmmaker Christian B. Roper and his team have been researching for a documentary production, Sunken Silver. Charles F. Grice, Interview by Gary Pinkerton, February 2019. True West Magazine article on Jean Lafitte. A dirt contractor who learned about the legend when helping another man drill holes on the edge of the lake. And the story was basically, you wanna be the guy selling the metal detectors, you dont want to be the guy out there looking for (stuff) that doesnt exist. A Seagoville pharmacist who sailed around the world. A huge battle ensued between the two groups near what is now known as Tyler. Historian Gary Pinkerton says the legend is mostly unsubstantiated. During the Mexican War of Independence, the Laffites served as spies for the Spanish, after moving to Galveston Island, Texas. the new book is available in paperback. The location was later widely believed to be Hendricks Lake, an oxbow lake formation on the south side of the Sabine River. . https://www.tshaonline.org, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hendricks-lake. There are many stories about the famous pirate Gene Lafitte, but one of them places his lost treasure at the bottom of a lake right here in East Texas. We'll send you a couple of emails per month, filled with fascinating history facts that you can share with your friends. Believed the treasure was in Martin Creek after meeting old Mexicans with a map when he was just a boy. Legends live on! 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. A dirt contractor. At the age of 25, Jean Laffite was living in New Orleans, operating a warehouse essential to dispersing the goods smuggled by his brother Pierre. Not one of them found any of the reported treasure, but that never prevented the next person from trying. My interest in the treasure legend turned into an article for the East Texas Historical Journal and the seeds for this book. 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. Soldiers approach, wagons sunk in Hendricks Lake, an oxbow lake just south of the Sabine River in northeastern Rusk County. What I like most about the lake is that, it just contains this feel when you go out there and you see the Spanish moss hanging on the trees, you feel like youve gone back in time, Roper said. The silver was never recovered. TATUM A trio of Jacksonville natives wants to turn two-century-old piracy legend into a full-length feature documentary film and theyre seeking funding help to do it. When I found out theres essentially a documentary, a great one right here in East Texas waiting to be put out there, I was just excited to try to do everything I could to make that happen, he commented. 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! 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. When you see Hendricks Lake it just looks like it should have treasure in it.. There were treasure legends like that all over Texas, he said. Thats the one thing we all agree on about Sunken Silver, is that legend is a very powerful thing.. The tried to dynamite the bottom, but ended up with no silver for this efforts. The son of the founder of the town of Tatum. For Pinkerton, the treasure of Hendricks Lake is its history and the people who have believed in the legend over the years. During 1957 and 1958 the most significant attempts to locate the treasure took place at the lake. During the investigation, Roper found Gary Pinkertons book, We met with Gary in January and we had no clue about his book coming out, we just knew that he was kind of the expert on this trace, this route that had been taken in the story by this group of smugglers carrying all the silver, Roper said. Gary L. Pinkerton, Trammels Trace: The First Road to Texas from the North (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2016).
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