Here is a good lead for someone in eastTexas
About 1868, a newcomer to Hardin County, Texas, made an agreement with Eli Hall to purchase a tract of land. He took a bag of 500 gold coins and started out on foot for the White Oak Settlement (now Thicket, Texas) to finalize the deal.
He followed a twisting little creek and eventually realized that he was lost. He wandered for nine days before he was finally found, exhausted, and near death. During that time, he had existed on the meat from a large water bird he managed to capture by hand.
On the eighth day, weak and despairing, he had about give up hope that he would ever be found. The gold became too burdensome for him to carry, so he cached it in a hole in the creek bank under a large, drooping holly tree.
After he was rescued, he was never able to locate the spot where he had hidden the gold. His unfortunate experience caused the little stream to be named Bad Luck Creek.
This little creek, which begins in densely-forested Polk County, winds its way for about 15 miles to join Cypress Creek.
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