by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
“Haunted Woods” is in Matthews County and there are two very good treasure locations there. About five miles from the town of Matthews Court House is a wooded area locally called “Haunted Woods” or “Old House Woods.” A large...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
Prior to the Civil War an old Vermont trapper used to trade his marten, mink, fisher and otter pelts at a general store in Burlington. After he had filled several boxes with groceries, new traps, a new ax, a shovel and other necessities, he would return to the counter...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
It is hard to believe, but for several years Vermont ranked only behind California and North Carolina in the mining of gold and silver in the United States. There are several unconfirmed stories that Spaniards mined precious ores in Vermont as well as in other New...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
In 1800 an old man named De Grau appeared in Bristol (then called Popock) in Addison County and spent several months digging in a nearby rocky area, known locally as “Hell’s Half Acre.” He finally revealed that he had many years before been a member...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
At a little spring north of Pilot Peak, the Donner Party buried a large store of gold and silver coins as they laboriously moved their group along the trail, only to later experience the ill-fated trek at Donners Pass. This is why so little was found at the site of...
