Buried Treasures of Texas: Legends of Outlaw Loot, Pirate Hoards, Buried Mines, Ingots in Lakes, and Santa Anna's Pack-train Gold
- ISBN-10
- 0874831784
- ISBN-13
- 9780874831788
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 202
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- august house
- Author
- W. C. Jameson
Description
Collects legends of buried treasure in Texas, including the gold of Haystack Mountain, a missing Incan hoard, and the Deer Island shipwrecks
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