Passport to Texas is a Texas Parks & Wildlife Department site. By that time, the old shack had tumbled down, and the land was covered in weeds and brush. In December 1895, Doolin traveled to Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
That’s our show for today…Brought to you in part by RAM Trucks. Sam Bass was a noted outlaw and train robber who led two gangs during the days of the Wild West – the Black Hills Bandits between 1876-1877 and the Bass Gang of Texas that operated in 1877-1878 The noted train robber was born in Mitchell, Indiana on July 21, 1851, to Daniel and Elizabeth Jane Bass. Though the robbery went as planned, the gang feared immediate pursuit from federal agents. The two returned to the region, but were unsuccessful in relocating the site. After burying the loot and, in turn, killing members of the party, the remaining outlaw returned to Mexico.
Later, someone cut down the oak tree for firewood.
The outlaw gang of Sam Bass supposedly buried som of their stolen booty Cove Hollow.
Following these robberies, the gang members purchased new saddles and clothes. if (theYear < 1900) But for those who believe that Plummer was a gang leader and who also believe in the legend of his treasure, Plummer’s share has been estimated to exceed $200,000. He was released and rejoined Bass. Before their Coffeyville robbery, the Dalton Gang held up a Missouri-Kansas-Texas train near Wagoner, Oklahoma, and another near Adair. They didn’t recognize Bass. Historically: Confederates used the cavern during the Civil War to make gun powder from bat guano. According to J. Frank Dobie’s book Coronado’s Children, the Blanco Mine was rediscovered in the 1800s by a settler named Larimore who found the old mine filled with lead and a great deal of silver. Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch hid out in Brown’s Hole, Colorado, to escape from lawmen. His neighbor in Phoenix, Arizona, who took care of him before his death in 1891, and countless others have searched unsuccessfully for the gold. https://www.roundrocktexas.gov/.../historic-round-rock-collection/sam-bass
The real treasure is its geology and history.
The latest sighting of the door was in 1996. Many believe the gang’s stolen loot was tucked away here, in an outlaw paradise, for safekeeping, but then abandoned and forgotten. Today those 600 coins would be worth over $350,000. During the first decade of the 1900s, a rancher and his young son rode into a canyon in the Wichita Mountains near Elk Mountain. For days following Doolin’s escape, the Oklahoma countryside was searched for some trace of him, to no avail. If the rumors are true, Cove Hollow, near Denton is another Bass treasure location. No gold was located. Reining up her mount, she listened and heard the sounds of men eating and saddling horses. She was known to deal in stolen horses, and she provided sanctuary in her eastern Oklahoma home to Frank and Jesse James, the Younger Gang and other notorious banditti. The cache was estimated to be worth between $9,000 and $20,000 in 1892 values. He also allegedly buried $30,000 in McNeil. For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti. Henry Plummer’s fortune, made up of gold coins, ingots and nuggets, and allegedly buried near Great Falls, Montana, could be worth several million dollars today. After his dramatic escape from jail, robber Bill Doolin hid out in the hills in Oklahoma, where his wife and child were staying. Sam Bass Treasure. Entries (RSS)
One version of the story says the gold is still buried in the mountain.
In the heart of the Texas Hill Country, outside Burnet, awaits a number of treasure troves. The men in charge buried the silver well. For a time, Plummer (and maybe his gang) lived near Sun River, 20 miles from Great Falls, Montana. After dividing the loot, the outlaws split up. There is a shootout on Casey train and two men are dead. Geologically, it has formations known as calcite channels, crystals, columns and draperies.
He was shot trying to rob a Round Rock bank. A tale that has surfaced over the years involves gang members Starr allegedly knew.
After Plummer was killed, Skinner loaded up the gold ingots and coins he had accumulated in the same robberies—$200,000 worth—and fled to Hell’s Gate (now Missoula), Montana.