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Overview
This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society has been the standard work on the subject. Included are fascinating folk narratives of buried treasure and lost mines; legends of the supernatural; legends of lovers; pirates and pirate treasure in legend; legendary origins of Texas flowers, names, and streams. Over one hundred legends are included as they were recorded by more than twenty-five folklore collectors from every part of Texas.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781574410938 |
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Publisher: | University of North Texas Press |
Publication date: | 06/01/2000 |
Series: | Publications of the Texas Folklore Society Series , #3 |
Pages: | 296 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.67(d) |
About the Author
J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964) was an American folklorist, writer, and newspaper columnist best known for many books depicting the richness and traditions of life in rural Texas. In 1922, he became secretary of the Texas Folklore Society and held the post for 21 years.
Table of Contents
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 |
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