Buried Treasure

Subject: Re: Buried Treasure Sun 28 Oct 2007, 12:06 am

Sweet Mari and everyone ...

I was thumbing through an older edition (1980, Number 1) of the 'East Texas Historical Journal,' and stumbled upon an article there by Duane K. Hale. Titled, "Mining and Prospecting on the Louisiana-Texas Frontier, 1713 - 1763," it is stated therein that the earliest Spanish maps place the perceived location of Quivera -- the hoped-for 'Land of Gold' -- in present-day East Texas. Hale also maintains that the search for precious ores as a driving force in the Spanish exploration of Texas has been underplayed. First came the search, then the rivalry with the French over both access to potential mines and seizure of their suspected resultant metals, which necessitated the acquisition of territory, and then the missionaries and the soldiers and, well .... you get the picture Smile

Unfortunately for the Spanish and by inference, modern treasure-hunters, these prospecting energies were unfruitful ones.

Holly
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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves

Joined : 20 May 2007 Posts : 96 Localisation : Hometown USA

I'll be so happy when we can get back to treasure hunting Holly. But the kids are allready moving on to other things. You know how that goes. Smile

Love, Mari