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Legends of Texas

by J. Frank Dobie

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  1. 1Editor’s Preface
  2. 2Legends of Buried Treasure and Lost Mines
  3. 3The Legend of the San Saba or Bowie Mine
  4. 4Lost Gold of the Llano Country
  5. 5Lost Mines of the Llano and San Saba
  6. 6Treasure Legends of McMullen County
  7. 7Legendary Spanish Forts Down the Nueces
  8. 8Treasure Chest on the Nueces
  9. 9The Battlefields of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma in Legend
  10. 10How Dollars Turned Into Bumble Bees and Other Legends
  11. 11Native Treasure Talk Up the Frio
  12. 12The Silver Ledge on the Frio
  13. 13Lost Mines Near Sabinal
  14. 14The Nigger Gold Mine of the Big Bend
  15. 15Mysterious Gold Mine of the Guadalupe Mountains
  16. 16Lost Copper Mines and Spanish Gold, Haskell County
  17. 17Lost Lead Mine on the Brazos, King County
  18. 18The Accursed Gold in the Santa Anna Mountains
  19. 19The Hole of Gold Near Wichita Falls
  20. 20Buried Treasure Legends of Cooke County
  21. 21The Treasure Cannon on the Neches
  22. 22The Dream Woman and the White Rose Bush
  23. 23Steinheimer’s Millions
  24. 24The Snively Legend
  25. 25Buried Treasure Legends of Milam County — The San Gabriel Mission i…
  26. 26The Wagon-Load of Silver in Clear Fork Creek
  27. 27Moro’s Gold
  28. 28Legends of the Supernatural
  29. 29The Woman of the Western Star: A Legend of the Rangers
  30. 30The Devil and Strap Buckner
  31. 31The Legend of Cheetwah
  32. 32The Mysterious Woman in Blue
  33. 33The Headless Squatter
  34. 34Mysterious Music in the San Bernard River
  35. 35The Death Bell of the Brazos
  36. 36The Legend of the Salt Marshes (San Luis Pass, Brazoria County)
  37. 37Rhymes of Galveston Bay
  38. 38Legends of Lovers
  39. 39The Enchanted Rock in Llano County
  40. 40Francesca: A Legend of Old Fort Stockton
  41. 41Lover’s Retreat and Lovers’ Retreat (Palo Pinto)
  42. 42Lover’s Leap in Kimble County
  43. 43The Waiting Woman
  44. 44Lover’s Leap at Santa Anna
  45. 45Antonette’s Leap or the Legend of Mount Bonnell
  46. 46Pirates and Pirate Treasure in Legend
  47. 47Life and Legends of Lafitte the Pirate
  48. 48The Uneasy Ghost of Lafitte
  49. 49Lafitte Lore
  50. 50The Pirate Ship of the San Bernard — A Legend of Theodosia Burr All…
  51. 51Legendary Origins of Texas Flowers, Names, and Streams
  52. 52How the Water Lilies Came in the San Marcos River
  53. 53The Legend of Eagle Lake
  54. 54The Holy Spring of Father Margil at Nacogdoches
  55. 55Indian Bluff on Canadian River
  56. 56How Medicine Mounds of Hardeman County Got Their Name
  57. 57The Naming of Metheglin Creek, Bell County
  58. 58How Dead Horse Canyon Got Its Name
  59. 59How the Brazos River Got Its Name
  60. 60How the Brazos and the Colorado Originated
  61. 61Miscellaneous Legends
  62. 62The Legend of Sam Bass
  63. 63The Horn Worshipers
  64. 64The Cave of Montezuma
  65. 65The First Corn Crop in Texas
  66. 66La Casa del Santa Anna
  67. 67Lost Canyon of the Big Bend Country
  68. 68A Tradition of La Salle’s Expedition Into Texas
  69. 69Big Foot and Little Foot
  70. 70The Wild Woman of the Navidad
  71. 71Bibliography of Texas Legends
  72. 72Contributors
  73. 73Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting (1923) of the Texas Folk-Lo…
  74. 74Members of the Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1924
  75. 75Publications of the Texas Folk-Lore Society
  76. 76Membership in the Texas Folk-Lore Society

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