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

by W. Craig Gaines (Author)

Track pirate gold and misplaced riches across 168 counties in this comprehensive guide to the lost treasures of Texas.

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 Laffite 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 Pancho Villa still bedevil the dreams of treasure seekers today. W. Craig Gaines reveals what has been lost, what has been found and what remains to be recovered.

Author Biography

W. Craig Gaines is the author of Hispanic Treasure of the Eastern United States; Hispanic Treasures of the Western United States; The Confederate Cherokees: John Drew's Regiment of Mounted Rifles; Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks; Civil War Gold and Other Lost Treasures; California Treasure and Treasure Tales; Great Lost Treasure Never Found; Lost Oklahoma Treasure; and other books and articles. Craig has been interested in lost treasure since seeing the film Treasure Island when he was very young. He has written lost treasure stories for a variety of treasure hunting magazines over the years. Craig is an engineer, geologist and writer who has been in many of the areas mentioned in this work. He and his wife, Arla, live in Tulsa, Oklahoma.