by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
There is a story that gold worth $780,000 in an iron safe was stolen from Tom Sing of Monterey in 1875. It is believed to be cached on the banks of the Salinas River, at a point midway between Gonzales and Chualar. The men who buried the cache followed an old cattle...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
Clarendon is an old river town in Monroe County. During the Civil War a Federal gunboat was on its way upstream with a safe full of gold to pay troops. The citizens of Clarendon (southern sympathizers) mounted an old cannon on the levee, overlooking the river....
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
Off State Highway 59, between the towns of Gravette and Sulphur Springs in northwestern Benton County. It is thought to be the location of a mine excavated by the Spaniards during one of their early expeditions to this region. The cave was in the side of a cliff. Near...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
One of the first Mexican families to follow Father Euxebio Kino northward into Pimeria Alta was the Valverdes. They settled in the Santa Cruz Valley in the vicinity of the Guevavi Mission (now only a mound of rubble, but its site can be located). With their ranch...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
A Mexican wagon train loaded with a vast amount of gold bound for Santa Fe camped one night at the springs near what is now the ghost town of Dos Cabezas. Because of the fear of robbery, the treasure was customarily unloaded each night and buried near the camp. Early...
