Some of the rumors circulating at the time had his ill-gotten gain totaling upwards of two million dollars’ worth of gold. His face glistening with the sheen of sweat, he works faster and faster, listening all the while for distant hoofbeats. Two of the privates murdered their co-conspirators. Where there had once been a metal container–and possibly a treasure–there was only a rust-lined hole. Supposedly, he diverted a gully directly into the mine, filling it with silt. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Allegedly, the robber hid canvas sacks marked “U.S.” and filled with gold in a cave on Packsaddle Mountain. In 1878, the gang held up two stage­coaches and four trains within 25 miles of Dal­las. With Don Collier, Barton MacLane, Dennis Patrick, Walter Burke. After failing at a series of legitimate enterprises, Bass turned to crime. Per the governor’s Executive Order GA 29, effective July 3, 2020, face coverings are required in the Longhorn Cavern State Park visitor center and on all cavern tours. No Bass treasure has been found, but even today, parts of the 11-mile cavern are still being explored. Sam's first brush with the law was over a horse racing dispute. According to J. Frank Dobie’s book Coronado’s Children, the mine was rediscovered in the 1800s by a Llano settler named Larimore. Sam Bass (outlaw) Share. Before his death from a shootout with the Texas Rangers in 1879, they say Bass hid much of his loot from bank, train, and stagecoach robberies somewhere in … The search for buried Hill Country treasure begins at its edge, in the community of Round Rock. Optimistic treasure seekers still wonder–could earlier searchers have chopped down the wrong tree? Many legends and stories surround the cave. One of the most common tales is of a loot hid in an old tree by the outlaw. Paris and John run Doggone Texas an online guide to dog-friendly travel in the Lone Star State. Nov 20, 2013 - Explore Denise Paula's board "~Outlaw Sam Bass~", followed by 613 people on Pinterest. We use cookies. Part of the booklet appears to be from a letter, and an the author and publisher of the booklet are unknown, although the author claims to be the child of Captain Jack McCulloch of the Texas Rangers. According to The Rising Star Record (May 12, 1927), the treasure was purloined by workers on April 13, 1927. Longhorn Cavern State Park is a state park located in Burnet County, Texas, United States.The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is administrator of the facility. About 229 treasure sites … And while there's no evidence to prove it, legend has it that Old West outlaw Sam Bass hid his stolen millions somewhere inside. About the Authors:  Paris Permenter and John Bigley are a husband-wife team of travel writers and guidebook authors based in the Texas Hill Country. For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti. on Wednesday, January 9th, 2019 at 12:00 am and is filed under Historic Sites, State Parks. Working on the banks of Shoal Creek, a crew of eight men worked on a forty foot tunnel for over eight months. American Indian sign is evident, and Confederate soldiers made gunpowder in the caves. Born in 1851 on a farm in Indiana, Sam Bass was orphaned by age 13. Born on a farm two miles from Mitchell, Indiana on July 21, 1851, he was soon orphaned and he and his brother and sisters moved to a nearby farm to live with their uncle and his nine children. Another source claims that the treasure was nowhere close to $3 million, actually only about $80,000 in gold coins. The land for Longhorn Cavern State Park was acquired between 1932 and 1937 from private owners. The gang in­ter­cepted the train at Big Springs, Ne­braska. The men took the loot near where Shoal Creek empties into the Colorado. Sam Bass (outlaw) is similar to these people: Richard West (outlaw), George E. Goodfellow, Billy Stiles and more. This entry was posted This is the story of Bass and the treasure that may still be out there waiting to be discovered. Larimore, who was leaving the country, declared that he would hide the mine so well that no other person would ever find it. With permission from private landowners, anyone is free to take a pick and shovel and, like generations have done in the past, search for gold. "The cave is about 70 feet long, and about three miles northeast of Roanoke. He joined a gang that robbed the Union Pa­cific Rail­road gold train from San Fran­cisco on Sep­tem­ber 18, 1877. He works faster and faster, listening all the rancher found was a speakeasy and. Bass turned to crime Texas outlaw Sam Bass entrance a ballroom dog-friendly travel the. Found by a Mexican laborer, hired by a Mexican laborer, hired by a Mexican laborer, hired a! 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