Legends of Texas
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Texas has many legendary heroes. Most people have never heard of one of them. But in his time, Collin McKinney was one of the most beloved, respected and honored statesman in the Lone Star State. Texas Maker is the story of McKinney, a humble yet steel-willed man who, through his long life spanning the American Revolution to the Civil War, helped guide Texas through independence, the formation of a republic, statehood, to the brink of the Civil War. He was one of five men tasked with drafting the Texas Declaration of Independence (and was honored with being presented the quill and inkwell that...
Chapters (170)
- EDITOR’S PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- LEGENDS OF BURIED TREASURE AND LOST MINES
- AN INQUIRY INTO THE SOURCES OF TREASURE LEGENDS OF TEXAS
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- THE LEGEND OF THE SAN SABA OR BOWIE MINE
- I
- II
- III
- LOST GOLD OF THE LLANO COUNTRY
- I The Brook of Gold Discovered by Lost Rangers
- II The Smelter on the Little Llano
- LOST MINES OF THE LLANO AND SAN SABA
- I A Legend of the Blanco Mine
- II The Mythical Bowie Mine
- TREASURE LEGENDS OF McMULLEN COUNTY
- The Rock Pens
- A Week Too Late at the Laredo-San Antonio Crossing
- The Chest at Rock Crossing on the Nueces
- San Caja Mountain Legends
- The Mines
- Loma de Siete Piedras
- The Metate Rocks of Loma Alta
- When Two Parallel Lines Intersected
- A Lucky Post Hole
- LEGENDARY SPANISH FORTS DOWN THE NUECES
- Fort Ramirez on the Ramireña
- I
- II
- The Legend of Casa Blanca
- Lutzer’s Find at Fort Planticlan
- TREASURE CHEST ON THE NUECES
- THE BATTLEFIELDS OF PALO ALTO AND RESACA DE LA PALMA IN LEGEND
- I
- II
- HOW DOLLARS TURNED INTO BUMBLE BEES AND OTHER LEGENDS
- I
- II
- III
- IV1
- NATIVE TREASURE TALK UP THE FRIO
- THE SILVER LEDGE ON THE FRIO
- LOST MINES NEAR SABINAL
- I The Quicksilver Mine of the Rangers
- II Lost Lead Mine
- THE NIGGER GOLD MINE OF THE BIG BEND1
- MYSTERIOUS GOLD MINE OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS
- LOST COPPER MINES AND SPANISH GOLD, HASKELL COUNTY
- LOST LEAD MINE ON THE BRAZOS, KING COUNTY
- THE ACCURSED GOLD IN THE SANTA ANNA MOUNTAINS
- THE HOLE OF GOLD NEAR WICHITA FALLS
- BURIED TREASURE LEGENDS OF COOKE COUNTY
- I
- II
- III
- THE TREASURE CANNON ON THE NECHES
- THE DREAM WOMAN AND THE WHITE ROSE BUSH
- STEINHEIMER’S MILLIONS
- THE SNIVELY LEGEND
- I
- II
- III
- BURIED TREASURE LEGENDS OF MILAM COUNTY
- I The San Gabriel Mission in Legend
- II The Gold Protected by Snively’s Ghost
- III Pope’s Ghost at the Gap
- THE WAGON-LOAD OF SILVER IN CLEAR FORK CREEK
- MORO’S GOLD
- LEGENDS OF THE SUPERNATURAL
- THE LEGEND OF STAMPEDE MESA
- THE WOMAN OF THE WESTERN STAR: A LEGEND OF THE RANGERS
- THE DEVIL AND STRAP BUCKNER1
- He Cometh!
- La Noche Triste
- The Day of Events
- He Returns
- THE LEGEND OF CHEETWAH
- THE MYSTERIOUS WOMAN IN BLUE
- THE HEADLESS SQUATTER
- MYSTERIOUS MUSIC IN THE SAN BERNARD RIVER
- THE DEATH BELL OF THE BRAZOS
- THE LEGEND OF THE SALT MARSHES (SAN LUIS PASS, BRAZORIA COUNTY)
- RHYMES OF GALVESTON BAY
- THE BOAT THAT NEVER SAILED
- THE PADRE’S BEACON1
- BAFFLE POINT
- POINT SESENTA
- GUMMAN GRO
- LEGENDS OF LOVERS
- LEGENDS OF LOVERS
- THE ENCHANTED ROCK IN LLANO COUNTY
- FRANCESCA: A LEGEND OF OLD FORT STOCKTON
- LOVER’S RETREAT AND LOVERS’ RETREAT (PALO PINTO)
- I
- II Lover’s Retreat
- III Lovers’ Retreat
- LOVER’S LEAP IN KIMBLE COUNTY
- THE WAITING WOMAN
- LOVER’S LEAP AT SANTA ANNA1
- ANTONETTE’S LEAP OR THE LEGEND OF MOUNT BONNELL
- I
- II The Legend As Told by Morphis1
- III
- IV
- PIRATES AND PIRATE TREASURE IN LEGEND
- From SUNSET IN AUGUST: GALVESTON BEACH
- LIFE AND LEGENDS OF LAFITTE THE PIRATE
- 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
- THE UNEASY GHOST OF LAFITTE
- LAFITTE LORE
- THE PIRATE SHIP OF THE SAN BERNARD A LEGEND OF THEODOSIA BURR ALLSTON
- LEGENDARY ORIGINS OF TEXAS FLOWERS, NAMES, AND STREAMS
- AN INDIAN LEGEND OF THE BLUE BONNET
- HOW THE WATER LILIES CAME IN THE SAN MARCOS RIVER1
- THE LEGEND OF EAGLE LAKE
- THE HOLY SPRING OF FATHER MARGIL AT NACOGDOCHES
- INDIAN BLUFF ON CANADIAN RIVER1
- HOW MEDICINE MOUNDS OF HARDEMAN COUNTY GOT THEIR NAME
- THE NAMING OF METHEGLIN CREEK, BELL COUNTY
- HOW DEAD HORSE CANYON GOT ITS NAME
- HOW THE BRAZOS RIVER GOT ITS NAME
- I The Miraculous Escape
- II How Perishing Seamen Named the River
- III The Great Drouth and the Waters at Waco
- IV A Miraculous Swim
- V Arms Avenging and Saving
- HOW THE BRAZOS AND THE COLORADO ORIGINATED
- MISCELLANEOUS LEGENDS
- THE WHITE STEED OF THE PRAIRIES
- THE WHITE STEED OF THE PRAIRIES
- THE LEGEND OF SAM BASS
- THE HORN WORSHIPERS
- THE CAVE OF MONTEZUMA
- THE FIRST CORN CROP IN TEXAS
- LA CASA DEL SANTA ANNA
- LOST CANYON OF THE BIG BEND COUNTRY
- I
- II
- A TRADITION OF LA SALLE’S EXPEDITION INTO TEXAS
- BIG FOOT AND LITTLE FOOT
- THE WILD WOMAN OF THE NAVIDAD
- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TEXAS LEGENDS
- TREASURE LEGENDS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINTH ANNUAL MEETING (1923) OF THE TEXAS FOLK-LORE SOCIETY
- I
- II
- III
- MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS FOLK-LORE SOCIETY, 1924
- I PATRONS AND LIFE MEMBERS
- II LIFE MEMBERS1
- III MEMBERS WITH JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLK-LORE SOCIETY PRIVILEGES
- IV ANNUAL MEMBERS
- INDEX
- PUBLICATIONS OF THE TEXAS FOLK-LORE SOCIETY
- MEMBERSHIP IN THE TEXAS FOLK-LORE SOCIETY
- Colophon
- Availability
- Metadata
- Revision History
- Corrections
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