The Lost Bowie Mine: Texas's Los Almagres Silver Legend
Spain chased it, Jim Bowie fought 13 hours for it, and nobody agrees where it is. Here's what's documented about Texas's Lost Bowie Mine and what's legend.
Lost treasure & legends
True stories of lost mines, outlaw caches, pirate treasure and the mysteries nobody has solved, told one trail at a time.
Lost mines, outlaw caches, pirate gold — the stories, the clues and what’s still missing.
Spain chased it, Jim Bowie fought 13 hours for it, and nobody agrees where it is. Here's what's documented about Texas's Lost Bowie Mine and what's legend.
A stonemason's find, a seven-name roll call and a message dated 1834. Here's what the Thoen Stone says, who backs it, and why South Dakota still argues about it.
A mutinous London ship, four sealed bags and a governor with a long memory. Here's what the record says about Bradish's loot, and where Block Island fits.
Missing legends, strange places and things nobody can explain.
A talking spirit, a dying farmer and a book nobody can check. Here's what the record shows about the Bell Witch of Adams, Tennessee, and what only the legend says.
Eight men, a hand crank and a bomb on a pole sank a warship in 1864, then vanished. The wreck was found and raised, yet how the crew died is still argued over.
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