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Legends of Texas (PTFS 3-1924). Dobie, ed.
Table of ContentsLEGENDS OF BURIED TREASURE AND LOST MINES | |||
An Inquiry into the Sources of Treasure Legends of Texas -- J. Frank Dobie | 3 | ||
The Legend of San Saba or Bowie Mine -- J. Frank Dobie | 12 | ||
Lost Gold of the Llano Country -- E.G. Littlejohn
II. The Smelter on the Little Llano | 20 | ||
Lost Mines of the Llano and San Saba Julia Estill
II. The Mythical Bowie Mine | 24 | ||
Treasure Legends of McMullen County -- J. Frank Dobie
II. A Week Too Late at the Laredo-San Antonio Crossing III. The Chest at Rock Crossing on the Nueces IV. San Caja Mountain Legends V. The Mines VI. Loma de Siete Piedras VII. The Metate Rocks of Loma Alta VIII. When Two Parallel Lines Intersected IX. A Lucky Post Hole | 28 | ||
Legendary Spanish Forts and Down the Nueces -- J. Frank Dobie
II. The Legend of Casa Blanca III. Lutzer's Find at the Fort Planticlan | 43 | ||
Treasure Chest on the Nueces -- Mary A. Sutherland | 49 | ||
The Battlefields of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma -- J. Frank Dobie | 51 | ||
How Dollars Turned into Bumble Bees and Other Legends -- J. Frank Dobie | 52 | ||
Native Treasure Talk up the Frio -- Fannie Ratchford | 57 | ||
The Silver Ledge on the Frio -- J. Frank Dobie | 60 | ||
Lost Mine Near Sabinal -- Edgar Kincaid
II. Lost Lead Mine | 62 | ||
The Nigger Gold Mine of the Big Bend -- J. Frank Dobie | 64 | ||
Mysterious Gold Mine of the Guadalupe Mountains -- J. Marvin Hunter | 67 | ||
Lost Copper Mines and Spanish Gold, Haskell County -- R.E. Sherrill | 72 | ||
Lost Lead Mine on the Brazos, King County -- L.D. Bertillion | 77 | ||
The Accursed Gold in the Santa Anna Mountains -- J. Leeper Gay | 78 | ||
The Hole of Gold Near Wichita Falls -- J. Frank Dobie | 80 | ||
Buried Treasure Legends of Cooke County -- Lillian Gunter | 81 | ||
The Treasure Cannon of the Neches -- Roscoe Martin | 84 | ||
The Dream Woman and the White Rose Bush -- Mary A. Sutherland | 89 | ||
Steinheimer's Millions -- L.D. Bertillion | 91 | ||
The Snively Legend -- J. Frank Dobie | 95 | ||
Buried Treasure Legends of Milam County -- Louisa von Blittersdorf
II. The Gold Protected by Snively's Ghost III. The Pope's Ghost in the Gap | 99 | ||
The Wagon Load of Gold in Clear Fork Creek -- L.W. Payne, Jr. | 103 | ||
Moro's Gold -- Fannie Ratchford | 104 | ||
LEGENDS OF THE SUPERNATURAL | |||
The Legend of Stampede Mesa -- John R. Craddock | 111 | ||
The Woman of the Western Star: A Legend of the Rangers -- Adele B. Looscan | 115 | ||
The Devil and Strap Buckner -- N.A. Taylor | 118 | ||
The Legend of Cheetwah -- Edith C. Lane | 130 | ||
The Mysterious Woman in Blue -- Charles H. Heimsmath | 132 | ||
The Headless Squatter -- John R. Craddock | 135 | ||
Mysterious Music in the San Bernard River -- Bertha McKee Dobie | 137 | ||
The Death Bell of the Brazos -- Bertha KcKee Dobie | 141 | ||
The Legend of the Salt Marshes -- Bertha McKee Dobie | 143 | ||
| Rhymes of Galveston Bay -- John P. Sjolander I. The Boat That Never Sailed II. The Padre's Beacon III. Baffle Point IV. Point Sesenta V. Gumman Gro | 143 | ||
LEGENDS OF LOVERS | |||
The Enchanted Rock in Llano County -- Julia Estill | 153 | ||
Francesca: A Legend of Old Fort Stockton -- L. W. Payne, Jr. | 157 | ||
Lover's Retreat and Lovers' Retreat, Palo Pinto -- J. S. Spratt | 159 | ||
Lover's Leap in Kimble County -- Flora Eckert | 163 | ||
The Waiting Woman -- John R. Craddock | 167 | ||
Lover's Leap at Santa Anna -- Austin Callan | 169 | ||
Antonette's Leap: The Legend of Mount Bonnell -- J. Frank Dobie | 171 | ||
PIRATES AND PIRATE TREASURE IN LEGEND | |||
From Sunset in August: Galveston Beach -- Stanley E. Babb | 179 | ||
| Life and Legends of Lafitte the Pirate -- E. G. Littlejohn I. Jean Lafitte: Man and Pirate II. Credence in the Lafitte Legend III. The Horror Guarded Treasure of the Neches IV. Pirates and Their Sacks of Gold V. Lafitte's Treasure Vault | 179 | ||
The Uneasy Ghost of Lafitte -- Julia Beazley | 185 | ||
Lafitte Lore -- J. O. Webb | 189 | ||
The Pirate Ship of the San Bernard: A Legend of Theodosia Burr Alston -- J. W. Morris | 191 | ||
LEGENDARY ORIGINS OF TEXAS FLOWERS, NAMES, AND STREAMS | |||
An Indian Legend of the Blue Bonnet -- Mrs. Bruce Reid | 197 | ||
How the Water Lilies Came to the San Marcos River -- Bella French Swisher | 200 | ||
The Legend of Eagle LakeThe Holy Spring of Father Margil at Nacogdoches -- E. G. Littlejohn | 201 | ||
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MISCELLANEOUS LEGENDS | |||
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Bibliography of Texas Legends | 255 | ||
Contributors | 261 | ||
Proceedings of the Texas Folk-Lore Society | 263 | ||
Members of the Texas Folk-Lore Society | 264 | ||
Index | 271 | ||
ILLUSTRATIONS | |||
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