by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
There is a story of treasure connected with a large stone house known as the Hartwell Ranch in Walkerville Township, which has been deserted for years. The original owner of the house was named Azariah Sweetin. At one time he was considered the richest man in the...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
In 1907, an aged Indian came to Bennington in southern Illinois and asked a local farmer for help in locating a cache of three kegs of gold his ancestors had buried. This gold was located on a small stream called Sugar Creek, three or four miles east of Bennington in...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
The story goes that an incident occurred resulting in the loss of a full cargo and a safe containing an undetermined amount of gold and silver coins in 1861. The captain of the steamer that wrecked, John Belt, was the type of man who insisted on finishing what he had...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
When the new regime of Sun Yatsen took over China in 1912, a member of the old Ch’ing Dynasty, Yuan Hsi knew he would have to get his two sons and his immense treasure out of China. Contacting the captain of the “Christopher,” a four-master schooner,...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
In the spring of 1846 a large order for opium was placed from San Francisco by an underworld group to runners in Singapore, China. The opium was loaded aboard the schooner “Spec” in Singapore and she set sail, headed southeast. She sailed for the Hawaiian...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
In early times Stone Mountain was known as Lone Mountain and was so called by the Cherokee and Cree Nations. According to the Indians of the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina, there is a fabulous Spanish treasure amounting to many millions in gold bullion...
