Byars, Oklahoma. Byars is a town in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 255 at the 2010 census.
The man behind the treasure is Forrest Fenn, an 85-year-old millionaire, former Vietnam fighter pilot, self-taught archaeologist, and successful art dealer in Santa Fe, N.M. No one knows where that treasure chest is but me, Fenn says. If I die tomorrow, the knowledge of that location goes in the coffin with me..
The park is named after Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821â1877), who conducted operations in the area during the U.S. Civil War.