Son, there's more treasure buried right here In Oklahoma than in
the rest of the whole Southwest."" Those words from an old-timer
launched Steve Wilson on a yearslong quest for the stones of
Oklahoma's treasures. This book is the result.It is a book of
stories-some true, some legendary- about fabulous caches of lost
treasure: outlaw loot buried in the heat of pursuit, hoards of
Spanish gold dud silver secreted for a later day, Frenchmen's gold
ingots hidden amid massive cryptic symbols, Indian treasure
concealed in caves, and lost mines- gold and silver and platinum.
It tells about the earliest treasure seekers of the region and
those who are still hunting today. Along the way it describes
shootouts and massacres, trails whose routes are preserved in the
countless legends of gold hidden alongside them, Mexicans'
smelters, and mines hidden and sought over the centuries. Among the
chapters: ''The Secrets Spanish Fort Tells,"" ""Quests for Red
River's Silver Mines,"" ""Oklahoma's Forgotten Treasure Trail,'""
""Ghosts of Devil's Canyon and Their Gold,"" ""Jesse James's
Two-Million-Dollar Treasure,"" ""The Last Cave with the Iron
Door,"" and, perhaps most intriguing of all, ""The Mystery of
Cascorillo-A Lost"" City."" This is a book about quests over trails
dim before the turn of the century. It is about early peoples,
Mound Builders, Vikings, conquistadors, explorers, outlaw, gold
seekers. The author has spent years tracking down the stories and
hours listening to the old-timers' tales of their searches. Wilson
has provided maps, both detailed modem ones and photographs of
early treasure maps and has richly illustrated the book with
pictures of the sites that gave rise to the tales. . For armchair
travelers, never-say-die treasure hunters, historians, and
chroniclers and aficionados of western lore, this is an absorbing
and delightful book. And who knows? The reader may find gold!
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