Baton Rougean Invents a Radio-treasure-finder to Locate Jean Lafitte's Hidden Treasure in 1927


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Text, January 17, 1927. Baton Rouge Inventor to Use Device in Quest of Lafitte's Gold Cache. George Osmond Mayer, creates a radio-treasure-finder to locate Jean Lafitte's hidden treasure. The inventor claims this is not a 'divining rod' but a scientifically designed machine to locate non-magnetic metals under the ground.




Jean Laffite


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Jean Laffite hid out on Contraband Bayou where he visited Charles Sallier. Treasure was said to have been buried there in 1819. Although concrete streets finally covered the area, it had once been completely dug up by frenzied treasure hunters.




Lafitte Of Louisiana


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Mary Devereux provides a fascinating look at the life and exploits of Jean Lafitte, the notorious pirate and privateer who operated in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Louisiana coast. Drawing on firsthand accounts and historical records, Devereux brings this colorful and enigmatic figure to life. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.




Lafitte, the Pirate


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The Journal of Jean Laffite


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Gumbo ya-ya


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Historic Beaumont


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An illustrated history of Beaumont, Texas, paired with histories of the local companies.




Historic Baton Rouge


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"Commissioned by the Foundation for Historical Louisiana."




"An Honorable Place in American Air Power"


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"Military historian and Civil Air Patrol (CAP) member Frank A. Blazich Jr. collects oral and written histories of the CAP's short-lived--but influential--coastal air patrol operations of World War II and expands it in a scholarly monograph that cements the legacy of this vital civil-military cooperative effort"--




Old Growth in the East


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