In the final battle of the War of 1812, Lafitte and his comrades helped General Andrew Jackson defend New Orleans against the British. 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. 5. The location was later widely believed to be Hendricks Lake, an oxbow lake formation on the south side of the Sabine River. 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. The mud is deep on the bottom, and just as Peter Walker Adams lived in one of the houses on the hill near the lake and figured prominently in many of the newspaper stories. A brig named Santa Rosa plundered in Matagorda Bay in 1816. 0000003684 00000 n The legend says that in 1816, Laffite and his fellow pirates plundered six wagon loads worth of silver from the Spanish. wagons to be pushed down an embankment and into a lake. One particularly famous legend is that of Jean Lafittes treasure. HOUSTON It's the treasure hunt of a lifetime, and now it's landed them on national TV. 0000010052 00000 n 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. They know its there. Gary L. Pinkerton is an author and independent researcher. Meanwhile, his younger brother John was exploring the coast of Texas. In an interview . Well, according to a story by Mary Rogers of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, there is evidence that in the early 1800s the theft did happen and that Jean Lafittes men, afraid that they were about to be ambushed, pushed several wagons loaded with silver ingots into the muddy waters. 0000003470 00000 n 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. 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. 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. 0000006665 00000 n 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. Follow the link to read our updated Privacy Policy. Roper has been pursuing the legend and examining where and how the various parts of the story originated. Dallas Morning News, August 1, 1965. Barnie was a TV repair man, and he had built this underwater metal detector, like the size of a washing machine. 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. endobj 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. None of (the rest) lines up, but 1860s, 1870s, there was enough yada yada to create some story.. Waldrop believed this man had many treasure secrets, but he was a well-known fraud. The treasure, placed in a. endobj Hendricks Lake was By the time the summer of 1958 had ended, Waldrop, buzzing again and the moss-laden oaks echoed the sound of the SoRelles, and all of the other treasure hunters spurred on heavy equipment and trucks pulling in for another attempt. Maybe they can help them in their search from the insights learned from their own pursuit of the Money Pit. Laffite spent the rest of his life attacking merchant ships around Central American ports; sometimes as a pirate and sometimes as a privateer. 1``b`5 Y0$ Au`j`H@ 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. This is just the beginning! He was now legally authorized by Great Colombia to take Spanish ships. In 1925, W.E. Winds light and variable.. According to reports, the total bounty would be worth more than $1.36 million today. s f a s u . But people buy into it, and thats the part thats interesting to me.. When you see Hendricks Lake it just looks like it should have treasure in it.. H-E-Bs True Texas BBQ Restaurant Is Slipping, West Texans Are Learning What It Means to Live in Bear Country. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents(www.easttexashistorical.org)/Rect[308.5376 282.2367 447.0903 295.1273]/StructParent 4/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> The silver was never recovered. Christian and the treasure hunting team are looking forward to using new technology to scan the bottom of the lake for possible anomalies, and hope to find a treasure which was missed in past searchers. xref Error! The story goes that Union soldiers tracked down Confederate president Jefferson Davis in 1865 and confiscated his gold. There was an error processing your request. hunt presented by Christian, Rick and Marty offer to send Matty Blake down to 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 1884, the guy Tatum is named after thought he would drain the lake, Pinkerton said. In 1915 in New Orleans a worker uncovered a chest filled with more than 1,500 doubloons . Christian Hendricks Lake is a special place for Roper. LAKE ISABELLA, Calif . Other stories of Pirate Treasures are discussed. Hendericks was a member of the Cras Est Nostrum and became Salazar at some point in the past. During 1957 and 1958 the most significant attempts to locate the treasure took place at the lake. Its slated to be released in May on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Tubi. Signup today for our free newsletter, Especially Texan. There was another story that said No it wasnt Lafitte, it was Santa Anna, and he didnt want the gold to be lost in San Jacinto, so he sent it on the wagon train. The guy from Iowa who did the treasure hunting had researchers in Spain, in the archives. Houston oilmen who conducted the largest search ever attempted in 1957-1958. Success! Having already written a book on Trammels Trace, a road running through Tatum which he noted was the first road to Texas from the north, Pinkerton is now embarking on a journey to research the people and the reasons for the treasure hunting extravaganza for an upcoming book. 150 0 obj 3 talking about this. 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. There will be people still in town who will remember Barnie Waldrop, Pinkerton said. 153 0 obj (Image credit: Pictorial Press Ltd./Alamy) British . Snavely of Taylor, who had hunted treasure for 60 years, found a ruby arrowhead weighing 15 karats, along with many other gemstones. Ive actually been at this project about 14 months now. A famous actress said, Legend remains victorious in spite of history. For this one to last over 150 years, the grains of truth have firmly resisted erosion by the progress of historical research and inspection. Houston historian Gary Pinkerton, a Longview native, is fascinated by those treasure hunters and their searches. 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!). 10 Lost Treasures in America Waiting to be Found. A heating and air conditioning contractor. Fort Pierce. 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. 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.. When researching Trammels Trace for my last book, I encountered the treasure legend of Hendricks Lake. Thats the one thing we all agree on about Sunken Silver, is that legend is a very powerful thing.. The duo are currently working to make a documentary about the local legend of sunken silver ingots in the lake near Tatum. Larry Holzwarth - May 12, 2018. To make this film a reality, we are seeking donors to help us meet our minimum budget goal. 30 April 2021 AFP It is one of Sweden's most spectacular Bronze Age finds A man surveying a forest for his orienteering club in western Sweden stumbled on a trove of Bronze Age treasure reckoned. Aug. 6, 2015 9:51 AM PT. In 1912 it was like a big resort, come out and fish and real flowery language (in advertisements).. The brothers meet with a Christian Roper who is actively hunting for the lost treasure of the pirate, Jean Lafitte. TV repairman in Carthage who kept up his efforts for years and was the local expert. I looked into it a little bit in high school and at UT, just on and off. Filming for Sunken Silver should be completed by late summer and the documentary released during the fall. His interest is in the people who have acted on their belief in the legend. If you fill out the first name, last name, or agree to terms fields, you will NOT be added to the newsletter list. 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. Although hes fascinated by the legend and the excitement it created, Pinkerton doesnt believe its even a little bit true. Lets be honest, everybody loves a good treasure story. 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. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents(United States History Commons)/Rect[137.2383 228.9906 279.5625 240.7094]/StructParent 6/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> Pinkerton also maintains facebook pages Trammels Trace and Hendricks Lake Treasure-True Believers. Legend has it that Basss part of the money is in Cove Hollow, about thirty miles from Denton. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents()/Rect[130.3037 595.1786 171.4307 606.1786]/StructParent 2/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> They are convinced that booty galore is waiting to be found, J. Barto Arnold, the former marine archaeologist for the Texas Historical Commission, told me. Legend says six wagons full of silver bars were rolled into hendricks lake. It is my sincere belief that the Hendricks Lake treasure was silver taken by Lafitte from capturing of the Spanish ship Santa Rosa in Matagorda Bay in 1820. It led all the way back to an 1884 account where the guy who was the son of the founder of Tatum, Texas in East Texas decided he was going to drain the lake. Like everybody else, he tried to find it over and over and over again. 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,. 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. brought up to the surface. 0000007400 00000 n Christian B. Roper, Ryan Travis, and Brackston McKnight, all Jacksonville natives, are working toward a documentary film about Hendricks Lake called Sunken Silver. March 11 Saturday Daylight Wasting C-tier . 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. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). If the treasure is out there, then some East Texan is bound to find it. 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 . Omoa was the site of the largest Spanish fort in Central America, a fort constructed to safeguard the Spanish silver shipments from the mines of Tegucigalpa in Honduras. 0000004315 00000 n His website is www.trammelstrace.com. A huge battle ensued between the two groups near what is now known as Tyler. Gary L. Pinkerton, 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! But if you dont like that version of the legend there are others. He built a new kind of sewing machine, and in 1851 he started I.M. That historic trail passed just to the east of the lake, with the trail making up two-thirds of the boundary between Rusk and Panola counties. When a giant storm hit the region, the raft was washed away and destroyed. Christian Roper and Brackston McKnight lay eyes on Hendricks Lake, the alleged locale of sunken pirate treasure. An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup. But all the treasure hunters declared that I must be hiding the truth. Tyler oilman who partnered with Charles Fitzhugh Grice to do underwater metal detection in 1969. 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. Believed the treasure was in Martin Creek after meeting old Mexicans with a map when he was just a boy. 0000001829 00000 n Legend holds that the Pirate Jean LaFitte, or in some other versions Santa Anna, left treasure at Hendricks Lake near Tatum. There are two legends in particular that seem to have found purchase in the minds of East Texas treasure hunters. To the north of Tatum, in the middle of the forest, lies Lake Hendrix. Little is known about his origins, but he was probably born either in Basque-France or in the French colony Saint-Domingue. He knows more than a thing or two about the present . 148 0 obj The lake is located in the extreme northeastern part of the county along the boundary between Rusk and Panola. February 2023 Reader Quiz: What Did You Learn? by the Rieseberg article had gone home with no treasure to On Monday, June 16th, 1958 Barney This book is the story of those people. The 1907 theft included the removal of a diamond star, pendant, and the collars of five knights of the Order. 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. endobj It featured Pirate Treasures. 149 0 obj Beyond Oak Island Summary of Episode 1: Pirate Treasures and the Search in Hendricks Lake for Jean Lafittes Lost Treasure. TYLER, Texas (KETK) Legends of buried treasure have fascinated people around the world since time immemorial. What they would love to find, if not the silver, are clues to the treasure at least being there. Laffite approached them and was granted a commission and given command over a 43-ton schooner named General Santander. And soldiers were overtaking them, so they had six wagon loads full of gold and silver they dumped it in the lake. Singer Treasure on Padre Island In the mid-nineteenth century, a man named Isaac Merritt Singer made significant improvements to the sewing machine. After sitting undisturbed for more than 10 years, a treasure chest holding gold nuggets and precious gems has been found in the Rocky Mountains. Many of them are wandering through the beaches and backlands with nothing more than metal detectors. The stories of treasure have been around for a long time, Pinkerton said. Texas oilmen. . Not all listings found on this site are necessarily listed through Best of Luxury Realty, Corp. The crescent-shaped lake is less than a mile long, thirty to fifty yards wide, and twelve to forty feet deep. Famous privateer who, according to legend, plundered the silver from the Spanish brig, Santa Rosa. It was one of the first times I met with Brackston after we graduated university last summer, Roper recalled. a must to have. To contact Pinkerton, call (409) 201-8026 or email gary.pinkerton@outlook.com. Visibility is nil, so it is a touchy situation. In 2018, we decided to renew the legend with some information of our own. A man named Nathan Smith thinks he's found the remnants of a sunken ship from an 1822 hurricane north of Corpus Christi - thanks to Google Earth. That set off a huge treasure hunting stampede. For more information on Sunken Silver, visit www.sunkensilver.com. 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? All in all, several wagons loaded with silver ingots went into the river. Back in the 1580s, Spanish conquistadors and priests often passed beneath the peaks of the Franklins on their way to New Mexico to colonize the Indian villages. This catch rendered a lot of attention and by 1884, the Sabine River was riddled with silver hunters. 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. startxref We report on vital issues from politics to education and are the indispensable authority on the Texas scene, covering everything from music to cultural events with insightful recommendations. Low 47F. 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. 0000002542 00000 n 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. 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. 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. 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. By using deep-sea sonar technology that can pierce the thick mud and clay at the bottom of the lake, Roper said he may have found a cart or wagon that might have moved treasure to the lake. Excited about the history, research, and prospects of this Most of the cobs or old Spanish finds I've seen on the forum are either from Florida or the Upper East Cost. However, all have failed in finding the supposed cache of silver, adding to speculation that the supposed treasure may be cursed. Roper himself had first heard the legend when he was a young boy and has returned to it intermittently throughout his life. Some fishermen in the last century pulled several silver bars from those very waters with a hoop net. 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 . Spanish soldiers in pursuit overtook the transport at Hendricks Lake and rather than give up the silver, the transport leader cut six wagonloads of silver loose and pushed them into Hendricks Lake. Kuna, ID hosted by Treasure Valley Disc Golf. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents(cdsscholarworks@sfasu.edu)/Rect[183.5112 72.3516 299.2412 82.8984]/StructParent 10/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> <>stream And if so is the treasure still there? . 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. My interest in the treasure legend turned into an article for the East Texas Historical Journal and the seeds for this book. Some said it was Santa Annas gold sent north from San Jacinto, and others say it was not even in Hendricks Lake, but in Martin Creek. Jean Laffite was a French pirate and privateer born circa 1780. The legend has taken many twists over the years. A few of the Cherokees were accompanied by agents of the Mexican government who had promised a lot of money to the tribe if they were able to drive out the Texans.
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