Singer Treasure on Padre Island In the mid-nineteenth century, a man named Isaac Merritt Singer made significant improvements to the sewing machine. 168 0 obj In 1884, the guy Tatum is named after thought he would drain the lake, Pinkerton said. He is portrayed by Armando Riesco. (All you English teachers out there, stop making fun of me for using the what is now known as phrase two sentences in a row.) Hendricks Lake is a special place for Roper. 156 0 obj Christian 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. Snavely of Taylor, who had hunted treasure for 60 years, found a ruby arrowhead weighing 15 karats, along with many other gemstones. 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: Even though some, including Waldrop and Stotlar, had looked into draining the lake, there were no other attempts at that folly. He believes that stories like this reveal something about the people who tell them. The treasure, placed in a. Connecting the legend to peoples minds now so it doesnt die out, I think is important, Pinkerton asserted. <<83DDF97377B4B2110A0000A4D0C2FC7F>]/Prev 639425>> 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.. It certainly had promise since it was a round piece of wood, like the legend of the wagon sunk in the lake. One group proposed to use a new divining rod activated with isotopes. 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. January 2023 Reader Quiz: What Did You Learn? One particularly famous legend is that of Jean Lafittes treasure. The hidden fortunes of the Doan Boys Gang, said to be $2 million at least. Building on that production they are airing a new 8-episode series titled "Beyond Oak Island" premiering Tuesday, November 17 at 9:00 pm central. Legend has it that Basss part of the money is in Cove Hollow, about thirty miles from Denton. Some fishermen in the last century pulled several silver bars from those very waters with a hoop net. Singer & Co., which was renamed the Singer Manufacturing Company in 1865. 162 0 obj 0000003684 00000 n His main focus is on Jean Lafittes treasure, The silver was never recovered. endobj In 1965, led a team of Iowans in some aborted, but ambitious, attempts at the treasure. February 2023 Reader Quiz: What Did You Learn? By 1829, the mythical lost silver mine of San Saba began appearing on Austins maps of Texas. When they returned after the war, Singer could no longer find Money Hill because the sands had shifted and erased all the landmarks that he once knew. Kuna, ID hosted by Treasure Valley Disc Golf. Read More about USS Hatteras, This is a funny little slot filled with intricate features and attention-grabbing symbols. 2019. A semi-weekly newsletter with all of The Panola Watchman's sports coverage. That set off a huge treasure hunting stampede. Cush Reeves. Over the years, Hendricks 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. Brackston has been on board about 12 of those months. More maps appeared showing various locations of a lost silver mine. Pinkerton went on to describe how there have been dozens of expeditions and attempts to find buried treasure between Hendricks Lake and the Sabine River. 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 open-endedness and lack of conclusion is what attracts Roper to the story today. 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. 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. though. Oxbow lakes result from a river's course change, in this case the Sabine River just to thc north. The team, known as the "Temple Twelve," have been . There was no treasure found. 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. 157 0 obj After years of searching, Roper is still optimistic, and he said that his commitment to Hendricks Lake will still be there no matter what he finds. 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. Clarksville Standard, August 29, 1884. Singer Treasure on Padre Island In the mid-nineteenth century, a man named Isaac Merritt Singer made significant improvements to the sewing machine. Not one of them found any of the reported treasure, but that never prevented the next person from trying. As a former channel of the Sabine, Hendricks Lake is fed intermittently by Black Slough and by seasonal overflow from both Cherokee Bayou and the Sabine River. Beyond Oak Island Summary of Episode 1: Pirate Treasures and the Search in Hendricks Lake for Jean Lafittes Lost Treasure. . In Texas, the Laffites founded a pirate colony named Campeche. Id met his daughter, who when she was 12, they let her push the plunger on the dynamite to blow up the bottom of the lake.. 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. accessed March 05, 2023, Texas oilmen. 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. During the Mexican War of Independence, the Laffites served as spies for the Spanish, after moving to Galveston Island, Texas. 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. click photo for more. endobj Many of them are wandering through the beaches and backlands with nothing more than metal detectors. 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. True Believers: Treasure Hunters at Hendricks Lake. Just about every book written about Texas in that era mentioned it. 0000044783 00000 n Six wagon loads of silver carried north along Trammels Trace. On his website, Fenn wrote, "It was under a. East Texas Gold From Mexico In 1839 Mirabeau B. Lamar, the newly inaugurated successor to Sam Houston as President of Texas, sent the Texas Army out to get rid of the Cherokees. The son of the founder of the town of Tatum. We met with Gary and it was very strange because he was working on this book at the same time we were working on this film and it had been decades since anyone had ever shown any interest in 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. That was the story.. 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? Not a treasure hunter, but a character who built an amphibious tractor he called the Watt-a-Bug which he drove into Hendricks Lake. \Dy@tw sde!F@D}@10 4c/ 150 0 obj A team of treasure hunters could be on the verge of unearthing the "world's largest treasure hoard," said to be worth over $20 billion. We'll send you a couple of emails per month, filled with fascinating history facts that you can share with your friends. Its slated to be released in May on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Tubi. Signup today for our free newsletter, Especially Texan. It was one of the first times I met with Brackston after we graduated university last summer, Roper recalled. 0000001390 00000 n 2018 Sunken Silver. Or Black Lake. endobj And then again, the 50s and 60s, there were a bunch of these treasure magazines about metal detectors. Texas Lege Watch: A House Republican Fights for Chicken Freedom, Texas Monthly Recognized by ASME in the 2023 National Magazine Awards. Pinkerton had to get special permission to visit for research and to take pictures. Spanish silver stolen by the privateer, Jean Lafitte. Christian B. Roper, Ryan Travis, and Brackston McKnight, all Jacksonville natives, are working toward a documentary film about Hendricks Lake called Sunken Silver. 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! Jean Laffite was a French pirate and privateer born circa 1780. They got away with three thousand freshly-minted 1877 $20 gold pieces. click photo for more. Tyler oilman who partnered with Charles Fitzhugh Grice to do underwater metal detection in 1969. A TV repairman. . The earliest mention of the treasure legend of Hendricks Lake that Pinkerton could find was in 1884. Legend remains victorious in spite of history and it just attests to the power that legends have over people when the facts may not necessarily support something, Pinkerton said. 24 Lake Toplitz In Austria Is Believed To Hold The Lost Treasures From World War II. 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. . Barnie Waldrop said he outlasted all the others and had seen fifty of em beaten by the lakes bog bottom. She was then forgotten for nearly 300 years. 4. 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. endobj A brig named Santa Rosa plundered in Matagorda Bay in 1816. Texas oilmen who later drilled an oil well based on scripture. 153 0 obj Tales of pirate booty and Mexican gold have captivated minds for generations, and it all could be closer than you might think. 0000000016 00000 n The area served as a naval base during the war, and the publication notes that when the Allied forces were approaching, the Nazi's began sinking treasures in metal boxes in the lake . Mainly clear. So read this, get up, and go after your pot of gold. 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 . And You Thought Feral Hogs Were Bad. If you fill out the first name, last name, or agree to terms fields, you will NOT be added to the newsletter list. The Lakeview Motel's name is false advertising these dry days. Jensen Beach. including dialogue . They know it. <>/Metadata 144 0 R/Outlines 97 0 R/Pages 141 0 R/StructTreeRoot 102 0 R/Type/Catalog/ViewerPreferences<>>> 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. Christian B. Roper on a scouting trip for his film . <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents(cdsscholarworks@sfasu.edu)/Rect[183.5112 72.3516 299.2412 82.8984]/StructParent 10/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> It is this tale that Christian wants to follow up on. I always thought it was interesting that people had reason to believe there was pirate treasure 200 miles from the coast.. It featured Pirate Treasures. Pinkerton came across the Hendricks Lake legend while doing research for his book, Trammals Trace: The First Road to Texas from the North. Hendericks was a member of the Cras Est Nostrum and became Salazar at some point in the past. One thing is certain though, East Texans will continue to be fascinated by stories like these. Paul Uncle Fox Tatum, son of the founder of Tatum, Texas, carried out the first documented attempt to recover the treasure in 1884. But people buy into it, and thats the part thats interesting to me.. La Belle was a French ship that sank in Matagorda Bay in 1685 after running aground in a storm. 0000004315 00000 n 0000001829 00000 n On his visits to Hendricks Lake with his son, they got a hit and brought a diver along to search the bottom. The lake is located in the extreme northeastern part of the county along the boundary between Rusk and Panola. brought up to the surface. Since 2014, Rick and Marty Lagina have produced "The Curse of Oak Island" for The HISTORY Channel. 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. Legend says six wagons full of silver bars were rolled into hendricks lake. 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 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. There are people who spend their whole lives and considerable sums of money searching for sunken treasure ships, lost mines, and hidden loot. A dirt contractor. Despite this, no silver bars were found. For more information on Sunken Silver, visit www.sunkensilver.com. He was now legally authorized by Great Colombia to take Spanish ships. But alas, nothing came of it. So where is it? 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. According to one legend, a group of priests put about three hundred burro loads of silver in a mine on one of their expeditions to New Mexico. Pictured from left, Gary Pinkerton, Brackson McKnight and Christian Roper. Mainly clear. When he got on board is when things started getting fairly serious.. 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. 0000002062 00000 n Extremely competent in market analysis and comparative sales, Angie has worked in many aspects of the real estate industry and uses this experience and foresight to be proactive and address all . Tales of pirate booty and Mexican gold have captivated minds for generations, and it all could be closer than you might think. The legend of Hendricks Lake treasure has inspired men to search for it for at least 150 years. A Book by Gary L. Pinkerton, author of "Trammel's Trace". Laffite approached them and was granted a commission and given command over a 43-ton schooner named General Santander. Hendricks Lake, once a commonly-frequented lake both for recreation and treasure hunting, is no longer accessible to the public. This book is the story of those people. There will be people still in town who will remember Barnie Waldrop, Pinkerton said. In the 1880s through the 1970s East Texas was, in most parts, very poor, very rural and it gave people something to believe in, it gave them their attachment to the beyond,. endobj In the 1950s, the Sabine River and the nearby lake (Hendrick's Lake) experienced a new onslaught of treasure seekers when the story of Laffite's silver was published by the True West magazine. Error! 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. The lake is located in the extreme northeastern part of the county along the boundary between Rusk and Panola. A pharmacist. Tales of pirate booty and Mexican gold have captivated minds for generations, and it all could be closer than you might think. 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. He maintains websites for Trammels Trace and for Hendricks Lake, as well as social media Facebook groups for both stories. Plus, if when they come back and nothing can be found, he says they have the whole Texas coast and more to continue their search. Legend holds that the Pirate Jean LaFitte, or in some other versions Santa Anna, left treasure at Hendricks Lake near Tatum. hill on the Lakes side, the scans show some promising images. endobj e d u / e t h j)/Rect[230.8867 249.8227 390.0566 261.5414]/StructParent 5/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> <>stream Another legend has it that in 1595, Juan de Oate hid five silver bars, 4,336 gold ingots, nine burro loads of jewels, and four priceless Aztec codices (books or manuscripts) in the mine. Its got quite a long story in the community. Ho-hum, right? Others have mounted full-scale salvage expeditions with backhoes and monster trucks and whatnot. Patricia Sharpe writes a regular restaurant column, Pats Pick, for Texas Monthly. mATTY BLAKE (HOST) AND cHRISTIAN B. ROPER. Here are six of the supposedly greatest Texas treasures still out there. 3. Peter Walker Adams lived in one of the houses on the hill near the lake and figured prominently in many of the newspaper stories. accepts, and the show continues at Hendricks Lake in East Texas. Christian Roper and Brackston McKnight, film makers. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents(United States History Commons)/Rect[137.2383 228.9906 279.5625 240.7094]/StructParent 6/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> 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. 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. 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. We Found Out Archaeologists on Easter Island Have Discovered a Previously Unknown Moai Statue Buried in a Dried-Out Lake Bed Christie's Pulled In $202 Million at Its 20th/21st-Century Sales in . View Tracy Y Hendricks results in Arlington Heights, IL including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages.