Quantrill Raiders Doubloons — Ruston

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Quantrill Raiders Doubloons — Ruston

Lost Treasure LA • Lincoln Parish County
Description
Folklore on the 1960 Caire & Thatcher treasure map of 3,000 Charles IV doubloons buried near Ruston by William Quantrill's Confederate guerrillas.
Historical Notes
The 1960 Robert J. Caire and Bert Thatcher Buried Treasure Map of Louisiana marks fifty-six sites from pirates, thieves, and shipwrecks. One entry attributes 3,000 Charles IV doubloons near Ruston to Quantrill's Raiders. William Quantrill led Confederate guerrillas in Missouri and Kansas; Louisiana map folklore links his name to north Louisiana hill country. No authenticated recovery is documented.
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