THE LEGEND OF JOHN FLETCHER'S BURIED TREASURE

That was as far as I went with it. You are right though, it's an interesting story to research, who knows might still be there?

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having the kind of info they had, would be hard to believe they couldnt find it, especially being local to the area

FG it takes more then being local and having information. I live less then a mile from Lafitte Cove and have a file 2 in thick on it and have not find the first gold piece. Why because I like many don't believe any treasure was buried there.

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it says that it was hidden 10-15 miles west of the Sabine, which would put it just on the south edge of the current sabine national forest.
that is, if nolans trail actually crossed at what they are now calling haddens ferry(bevils ferry) on the south end of the reservoir.

i have picked up on a few southwest heading creeks off the possible trail, but a huge question is, one, what was this guys version of 10-15 miles west, and even bigger how many of these creeks are due to the creation of the reservoir itself

im having a hard time finding maps from the early 1800's that have enough detail to denote any creeks off the trail prior to the sabine, and we all know how accurate these older maps are anyways, especially of old cattle trails, etc.

of course, im like you, wheres the evidence?  yes, his family existed, and there are some supporting articles of the theft of spanish mule trains in the time frame, i believe its in the story itself, and i have not found any other sources that can verify this so far, basically all just second-hand info from the story itself, found different places online

will continue to do some looking on it, as i have time, just afraid the area has changed so much since the early 1800's, mainly because of the reservoir built in the 1960's....(that will definitely change the landscape of an area!)  that even if the story can be verified, it would be hard searching

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thanks, no searching yet, just researching!

nice name! any relation?

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found something interesting on this today...i was only able to access the first page, dang JSTOR site!  anyways still good for tidbits of info.  i wasnt able to copy and paste, but will re-write what grabbed my attention

i was looking for some info on  Capt. Mckim, who was noted as to having a 'frontier journal' in the story, and this is what i found:

"In a footnote to the article in the 'Texas Almanac' of 1861, Hall is credited with saying that he knew Mckim well, that he was a fit associate of the robbers with whom he had been connected on the Sabine, and that he was unworthy of credit"

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nothing solid, but seems to indicate that some things were going on that could potentially line up with the story.

out of curiosity, does anyone have access to this jstor site?
i have gotten pretty good info for various stories there, but am only able to get bits and pieces without an account, seems you have to be with a school or something to get in

Thanks!

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