Ep. 104: The Great Pearl Rush
Wise About Texas
English - September 09, 2021 14:46 - 13 minutes - 15.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 1K ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture History texas history texan cowboy san jacinto culture texans Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Freshwater pearls have always been valuable finds, but one man found one in 1909 that was said to be worth a ton of money! All of a sudden, East Texas experienced a pearl boom. One person reported watching a thousand people combing lake bottoms hoping to strike it rich. Hear about the East Texas pearl frenzy in the latest episode of Wise About Texas.