A pink, freshwater pearl from the Caddo Lake region. — Photo courtesy the Daughters of the Texas Republic
Gillespie Life
The Great Caddo Pearl Rush
George Sachihiko “Ono” Murata waded through the waist deep water of Caddo Lake feeling for treasure in the silt beneath his bare feet. His toes crept slowly through the lake muck, carefully feeling and inspecting everything in their path.