bloodybillanderson.com

  1. Cole Younger with Lew Nichols Show at Brady, Texas - 1907

    Cole Younger's and Lew Nichols Carnival in Brady, Texas in 1907! Former Southern Guerrillas and outlaws Cole Younger and Frank James started their own Great Cole Younger and Frank James Historical Wild West show in 1903. They toured many parts of the country. Sometime between Cole...
  2. Quantrill Treasure in Nevada?

    Here's an interesting article about buried treasure and a mysterious carving in Nevada. Local News: Monumental mystery: Man says he has information on Church Hollow carving, treasure (2/24/11) | Nevada Daily Mail ~Texas Jay
  3. Pot of "Bloody Bill" Anderson's Gold Found at Yancey Inn - 1912

    I ran across this story while researching William C. "Bloody Bill" Anderson recently. Today, the value of the gold coins found in 1912 would be at least $600,000 in gold value alone. That's using the minimum estimated value ($10,000) of it in 1912 and isn't counting the coins' numismatic...
  4. Major John Y. Rankin, C.S.A., KGC of Brownwood, Texas

    This is a repost of John Y. Rankin's great granddaughter's post, from several years ago, on our Bloody Bill Anderson Mystery message board. I later met with Ruth and her mother (Rankin's granddaughter) when they came to Brownwood. This is one piece of solid evidence that helped me prove...
  5. Brownwoods Mysterious Henry Ford - KGC Member

    Brownwood's Mysterious Henry Ford - KGC Member I just posted this on our Bloody Bill Anderson Mystery group's message board. Probably the greatest unsolved mystery of the town of Brownwood, Texas is the question "who was Brownwood's Henry Ford?" Many old-timers thought he was the outlaw...
  6. 10th Birthday of Bloody Bill Anderson Mystery group!

    Today marks our Bloody Bill Anderson Mystery group's 10th Birthday so I want to thank each of our loyal members for all of your contributions over the years that have made our group a great success. Ten years ago today, I realized the need for a group or forum where the then-few of us who...
  7. Jesse James Treasures: Do They Likely Still Exist?

    James Gang treasure tales...
  8. Bloody Bill Anderson Mystery

    I created this group for those interested in history to share information about the life and death of Bloody Bill Anderson and to help solve the mystery of whether or not the real Bloody Bill Anderson was killed in Missouri in October of 1864, by Union soldiers, or if he actually escaped to live...
  9. Knights of the Golden Circle after the Civil War

    I read Rebel's latest reply on swiftsearcher's "Vault" topic and decided to start this new topic where we can discuss anything about the activities and members of the Knights of the Golden Circle after the Civil War ended. This thread can include, but is not limited to, KGC members work in...
  10. KGC Tunnels built after the War

    From: "Jesse James and the Lost Cause" by Jesse Lee James, Published by Pageant Press, New York, 1961, pages 34 & 35. Here is the quote I have been wanting to quote on this board for months ever since it jumped off the pages at me as I was reading the book. I remind our members that I already...
  11. Books about the Knights of the Golden Circle

    I am going to start this new topic off by giving details about an excellent book I have read that deals with the huge influence the KGC had in the western expansion of the Confederacy. I hope other members will add your KGC book recommendations to this topic for the benefit of all KGC...
  12. Hidden Eyewitness Account of KGC.

    I discovered a fascinating story about the KGC while researching Bloody Bill Anderson for my group on Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bloodybillandersonmystery I posted this message at the group yesterday but want to re-post it here for all of you who are interested in learning about the...
  13. KGC Treasure Leads in Central Texas ?

    I am a new member and have been researching a mysterious Brown County, Texas resident who was known to have ridden with Quantrill's Raiders. My grandmother used to tell me stories about him as we passed his big old farmhouse in the 1960's. When I read the Brewer book, "Rebel Gold", these...
Top