June 2020

The Hidden Outlaw Treasure of Childress County, Texas (part 2) “Did Outlaws Really Get Away With a Lot of Money?”

Who was Red Buck and did he really have any money to hide?   Three years after his escape from the train that was taking him to prison in 1890, he is a recognized member of Bob Doolin’s “Wild Bunch” outlaw gang.  His first noted recognition was in the shootout with Federal Deputy Marshals at Ingalls, …

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The Hidden Outlaw Treasure of Childress County, Texas (part 1) “Oklahoma’s Most Notorious Outlaw”

Just who was Oklahoma’s baddest outlaw?  According to Temple Houston and Evitte Dumas Nix, there was only one.  But what gave Temple Houston and Evitte Dumas Nix the right to choose?  Evitte Dumas Dix was appointed US Marshall to Indian Territory, Oklahoma in 1893.  Upon his appointment he promptly went about ridding the territory of …

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The Hidden Outlaw Treasure of Childress County, Texas (Introduction)

The Reality About Treasure Hunting I got hooked on metal detecting when I got my first metal detector in the early 70’s.  It was a Jetco Mustang and you would have to dig everything as it did not discriminate between ferrous and non-ferrous metals.  That is metals with iron and metals without iron.  The thrill …

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