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Legends of Texas

Book
J. Frank Dobie, ed.
1964
Published by: University of North Texas Press
Series: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
summary
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.

Table of Contents

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Cover Page

Title Page

pp. i-ii

Copyright Page

pp. iv-iv

Preface to the Reprint Edition

pp. v-vi

Editor's Preface

pp. vii-ix

Contents

Legends of Buried Treasure and Lost Mines

pp. 1-1

An Inquiry into the Sources of Treasure Legends of Texas

pp. 2-12

The Legend of the San Saba or Bowie Mine

pp. 13-20

Lost Gold of the Llano Country

pp. 21-23

Lost Mines of the Llano and San Saba

pp. 24-27

Treasure Legends of McMullen County

pp. 28-43

Legendary Spanish Forts Down the Nueces

pp. 44-49

Treasure Chest on the Nueces

pp. 50-51

The Battlefields of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma

pp. 52-52

How Dollars Turned into Bumble Bees and other Legends

pp. 53-57

Native Treasure Talk up the Frio

pp. 58-59

The Silver Ledge on the Frio

pp. 60-62

Lost Mine near Sabinal

pp. 63-63

The Nigger Gold Mine of the Big Bend

pp. 64-67

Mysterious Gold Mine of the Guadalupe Mountains

pp. 68-72

Lost Copper Mines and Spanish Gold, Haskell County

pp. 73-77

Lost Lead Mine on the Brazos, King County

pp. 78-78

The Accursed Gold in the Santa Anna Mountains

pp. 79-80

The Hole of Gold near Wichita Falls

pp. 81-81

Buried Treasure Legends of Cooke County

pp. 82-84

The Treasure Cannon of the Neches

pp. 85-89

The Dream Woman and the White Rose Bush

pp. 90-91

Steinheimer's Millions

pp. 92-95

The Snively Legend

pp. 96-99

Buried Treasure Legends of Milam County

pp. 100-103

The Wagon-Load of Silver in Clear Fork Creek

pp. 104-104

Moro's Gold

pp. 105-108

Legends of the Supernatural

pp. 109-109

The Legend of Stampede Mesa

pp. 110-115

The Woman of the Western Star: A Legend of the Rangers

pp. 116-118

The Devil and Strap Buckner

pp. 119-130

The Legend of Cheetwah

pp. 131-132

The Mysterious Woman in Blue

pp. 133-135

The Headless Squatter

pp. 136-137

Mysterious Music in the San Bernard River

pp. 138-141

The Death Bell of the Brazos

pp. 142-142

The Legend of the Salt Marshes

pp. 143-143

Rhymes of Galveston Bay

pp. 144-149

Legends of Lovers

pp. 150-151

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pp. 152-152

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pp. 153-153

The Enchanted Rock in Llano County

pp. 154-156

Francesca: A Legend of Old Fort Stockton

pp. 157-159

Lover's Retreat and Lovers’ Retreat, Palo Pinto

pp. 160-163

Lover's Leap in Kimble County

pp. 164-167

The Waiting Woman

pp. 168-168

Lover's Leap at Santa Anna

pp. 169-171

Antonette's Leap: The Legend of Mount Bonnell

pp. 172-176

Pirates and Pirate Treasure in Legend

pp. 177-177

From Sunset in August: Galveston Beach

pp. 178-179

Life and Legends of Lafitte the Pirate

pp. 180-185

The Uneasy Ghost of Lafitte

pp. 186-189

Lafitte Lore

pp. 190-191

The Pirate Ship of the San Bernard: A Legend of Theodosia Burr Allston

pp. 192-193

Legendary Origins of Texas Flowers, Names, and Streams

pp. 194-195

An Indian Legend of the Blue Bonnet

pp. 196-200

How the Water Lilies Came to the San Marcos River

pp. 201-201

The Legend of Eagle Lake

pp. 202-204

The Holy Spring of Father Margil at Nacogdoches

pp. 205-205

Indian Bluff on Canadian River

pp. 206-206

How Medicine Mounds of Hardeman County Got their Name

pp. 207-208

The Naming of Metheglin Creek

pp. 209-209

How Dead Horse Canyon Got its Name

How the Brazos River Got its Name

pp. 210-217

How the Brazos and the Colorado Originated

pp. 218-219

Miscellaneous Legends

pp. 220-221

The White Steed of the Prairies

pp. 222-226

The Legend of Sam Bass

pp. 227-230

The Horn Worshipers

pp. 231-233

The Cave of Montezuma

pp. 234-236

The First Corn Crop in Texas

pp. 237-237

La Casa del Santa Anna

pp. 238-238

Lost Canyon of the Big Bend Country

pp. 239-241

A Tradition of La Salle's Expedition into Texas

pp. 242-242

Big Foot and Little Foot

The Wild Woman of the Navidad

pp. 243-253

Bibliography of Texas Legends

pp. 254-260

Contributors

pp. 261-262

Proceedings of the Texas Folk-Lore Society

pp. 263-263

Members of the Texas Folk-Lore Society

pp. 264-268

Index

pp. 269-280

National Endowment for the Humanities Funding Information

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