Villa in Texas?

[Peerless67]

Came across this article printed in 1953 whilst doing some Villa research. Maybe useful to a Texan hunter

 

[cooltone23]

My home town is near Roma, TX and I have many friends down there. Thank you for the lead. There are many rolling hills in that part of Texas. I'm not too familiar with lime mines down there, but "caliche pits" are pleanty.

 

[Peerless67]

My home town is near Roma, TX and I have many friends down there. Thank you for the lead. There are many rolling hills in that part of Texas. I'm not too familiar with lime mines down there, but "caliche pits" are pleanty.

A 1911-1912 map might help as thats when it was buried ? the article was written in 1953

Best of luck Gary

 

[cooltone23]

Any Idea where I could get a map of it?

My father in-law is a decendant of the original family that the King of Spain granted porciones to.

 

[Peerless67]

You could try looking through the posts here for an old texas map

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/board,69.0.html


You may also be interested in this thread

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,204825.msg1466150.html#new

 

[Kieth-Tx]

Cool post! A plumber under a old house in Concepcion Tx found a large cache of gold coins a few years back...the old plumber started spending the 20 dollar gold pieces like they were 20 DOLLARS at the local store. Home owner found out and the lawsuit was on...lawyers ended up getting most of it. They attributed the cache as one of Poncho Villas.

 

[cooltone23]

Had a chat with my father in law last night. We agreed where most of the lime mines in Roma would be. Most of the old timers he knows have passed away, but maybe they shared a story with thier child or children and may recall a story about Villa riding through thier ranch. May take some time to come up with some descent leads. I return home this weekend for my brother's wedding. I will use this short time as best as I can to come with some resources.

 

[russau]

good luck on your research and seeking this!

 

[Shaw]

Good luck with the research cooltone. Keep us posted on what you find out!

Jason

 

[cooltone23]

Sure will. Thanks for the support guys!

 

[Shaw]

Sure will. Thanks for the support guys!

If you need help carrying all the loot when you find it I am pretty sure you wont have a hard time finding volunteers.

 

[cooltone23]

Sure will. Thanks for the support guys!

If you need help carrying all the loot when you find it I am pretty sure you wont have a hard time finding volunteers.

LOL!!! You got that right. Well, only time will tell what happens. If I do find it, party in Humble!!!! LOL!!!!

 

[Shaw]

If I see your address change from Humble to Grand Cayman Islands I will read between the lines.

 

[cooltone23]

Arg, the Caymans... refuge for pirates. I definately would hunker down there for some old pirate treasure hunting

 

[cloviscliff]

Cinenia Tx is Sinton Tx. The cemetary in Corpus is the oldest in Corpus and the caretaker supposedly new where it was buried, he was caretaker in 1953. He's gone now but I think the treasure is still safely buried. Cliff

 

[Kieth-Tx]

I drive by one of the "old" cemetery's in Corpus all the time. It is located near downtown...there are numerous civil war soldiers buried in this cemetery also. Very interesting.

 

[pegleglooker]

hey gang,
I saw this article in another post, and the first thing that caught my eye, is that it was written in El Centro.... California. I know some people are going to say that there is probably a El Centro in Texas ( I don't live there, so I wouldn't know ), but it also says " Brawley " which is near El Centro is in California. maybe I'm just overcautious... but it just seems like this area is a Mecca for treasure stories....




PLL

 

[Peerless67]

PLL, news articles can appear in any state, I have 7 articles for that story. heres the Texas version.

 

[Peerless67]

It is possible that the place mentioned in Texas "Cinenia" was the original name of a ranch, that by the 50s had changed its name to kings ranch.

 

[pegleglooker]

hey peerless,
I agree that stories can be rewritten all over the country, but this area of California has had a bunch of people telling treasure stories. I have newspaper articles about pegleg's lost gold, lost ship of the desert, villa's lost rifles, etc... I would just be a little cautious...Check out her creditability first, verify that she in fact did serve with Villa....

PLL