| Legends of Buried Treasure and Lost Mines | |
| An Inquiry into the Sources of Treasure Legends of Texas | 3 |
| The Legend of the San Saba or Bowie Mine | 12 |
| Lost Gold of the Llano Country | 20 |
| Lost Mines of the Llano and San Saba | 24 |
| Treasure Legends of McMullen County | 28 |
| Legendary Spanish Forts Down the Nueces | 43 |
| Treasure Chest on the Nueces | 49 |
| The Battlefields of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma | 51 |
| How Dollars Turned into Bumble Bees and Other Legends | 52 |
| Native Treasure Talk up the Frio | 57 |
| The Silver Ledge on the Frio | 60 |
| Lost Mine Near Sabinal | 62 |
| The Nigger Gold Mine of the Big Bend | 64 |
| Mysterious Gold Mine of the Guadalupe Mountains | 67 |
| Lost Copper Mines and Spanish Gold, Haskell County | 72 |
| Lost Lead Mine on the Brazos, King County | 77 |
| The Accursed Gold in the Santa Anna Mountains | 78 |
| The Hole of Gold Near Wichita Falls | 80 |
| Buried Treasure Legends of Cooke County | 81 |
| The Treasure Cannon of the Neches | 84 |
| The Dream Woman and the White Rose Bush | 89 |
| Steinheimer's Millions | 91 |
| The Snively Legend | 95 |
| Buried Treasure Legends of Milam County | 99 |
| The Wagon-Load of Silver in Clear Fork Creek | 103 |
| Moro's Gold | 104 |
| Legends of the Supernatural | |
| The Legend of Stampede Mesa | 111 |
| The Woman of the Western Star: A Legend of the Rangers | 115 |
| The Devil and Strap Buckner | 118 |
| The Legend of Cheetwah | 130 |
| The Mysterious Woman in Blue | 132 |
| The Headless Squatter | 135 |
| Mysterious Music in the San Bernard River | 137 |
| The Death Bell of the Brazos | 141 |
| The Legend of the Salt Marshes | 143 |
| Rhymes of Galveston Bay | 143 |
| Legends of Lovers | |
| The Enchanted Rock in Llano County | 153 |
| Francesca: A Legend of Old Fort Stockton | 157 |
| Lover's Retreat and Lovers' Retreat, Palo Pinto | 159 |
| Lover's Leap in Kimble County | 163 |
| The Waiting Woman | 167 |
| Lover's Leap at Santa Anna | 169 |
| Antonette's Leap: The Legend of Mount Bonnell | 171 |
| Pirates and Pirate Treasure in Legend | |
| From Sunset in August: Galveston Beach | 179 |
| Life and Legends of Lafitte the Pirate | 179 |
| The Uneasy Ghost of Lafitte | 185 |
| Lafitte Lore | 189 |
| The Pirate Ship of the San Bernard: A Legend of Theodosia Burr Allston | 191 |
| Legendary Origins of Texas Flowers, Names, and Streams | |
| An Indian Legend of the Blue Bonnet | 197 |
| How the Water Lilies Came to the San Marcos River | 200 |
| The Legend of Eagle Lake | 201 |
| The Holy Spring of Father Margil at Nacogdoches | 204 |
| Indian Bluff on Canadian River | 205 |
| How Medicine Mounds of Hardeman County Got Their Name | 207 |
| The Naming of Metheglin Creek | 208 |
| How Dead Horse Canyon Got Its Name | 209 |
| How the Brazos River Got Its Name | 209 |
| How the Brazos and the Colorado Originated | 218 |
| Miscellaneous Legends | |
| The White Steed of the Prairies | 223 |
| The Legend of Sam Bass | 226 |
| The Horn Worshipers | 230 |
| The Cave of Montezuma | 233 |
| The First Corn Crop in Texas | 236 |
| La Casa del Santa Anna | 237 |
| Lost Canyon of the Big Bend Country | 238 |
| A Tradition of La Salle's Expedition into Texas | 241 |
| Big Foot and Little Foot | 242 |
| The Wild Woman of the Navidad | 242 |
| 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 | |
| The Magic Circle: A Chart of the Blanco Mine | 25 |
| The Spider Rock | 73 |
| Stampede Mesa | 113 |
| Lower's Leap: Junction, Kimble County | 152 |