John Fletcher Nolan Trail Waterfall Gold — Jasper County

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John Fletcher Nolan Trail Waterfall Gold — Jasper County

Lost Treasure TX • Jasper County County
Description
Jasper County legend of 42 mule loads of Spanish gold and silver hidden under a waterfall on Nolan's Trail — documented in an 1816 letter and a 1898 Palestine Prospecting Company search.
Historical Notes
W. T. Block reprinted the Beaumont Enterprise account of John E. Fletcher's 1816 letter describing twelve mule loads of silver and thirty of gold buried under a waterfall on a clear creek 15–20 miles west of the Sabine River. W. S. Glenn of Palestine organized a joint-stock company in 1898 to excavate a Jasper County ridge he believed matched Fletcher's map. The tale connects to filibuster pack trains sacked between 1810 and 1814 and to Neutral Strip robbers ambushing Coahuila trade mule trains. Related entry: "Neches River Cave Mexican Gold — Jasper County" documents a separate cave variant downstream. Coordinates approximate Jasper County creek bottoms west of the Sabine River north of Beaumont. Exact creek location remains disputed.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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