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..
Nathan Bedford Forrest - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) (1821-77). A Confederate general in the American Civil War, Nathan Bedford Forrest was often described as a born military genius.. His rule of action, Get there first with the most men, became one of the most often quoted statements of the war.