James E. Bruseth Bullock Texas State History Museum James E. Bruseth
After two decades of searching for La Salle's lost ship "La Belle," Texas Historical Commission (THC) divers in 1995 located a shipwreck containing historic artifacts of European origin in the silty bottom of Matagorda Bay, off the coast of Texas. The first cannon lifted from the waters bore late seventeenth-century French insignias. The ill-fated "La Belle" had been found.Under the direction of then-THC Archeology Division Director James Bruseth, the THC conducted a full excavation of the water-logged "La Belle." The conservation was subsequently completed at Texas A&M University's...
After two decades of searching for La Salle's lost ship "La Belle," Texas Historical Commission (THC) divers in 1995 located a shipwreck containing hi...