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A view of Superstition Mountains in Lost Dutchman State Park Grave of Jacob Waltz, Pioneer and Military Cemetery, west of downtown Phoenix Blair cited evidence of the historical Jacob Waltz and suggested that additional evidence supports the core elements of the story – that Waltz claimed to have discovered (or at least heard the story of) a ...
Jacob "Dutchman" Waltz – Waltz was a German immigrant who in the 19th century discovered a gold mine in Arizona and kept its location a secret, hence the name "Lost Dutchman's Mine". The Lost Dutchman Mine is supposedly located in the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix. Waltz died an itinerant poor farmer on October 25, 1891, at age 81.
The "Dutchman" was actually a German immigrant named Jacob Waltz (c. 1810–1891). [1] The story goes that the stones are named for an obscure "Peralta family", supposedly an old and powerful Mexican family. Some people named Peralta owned a cattle ranch that included what is now Oakland, California at the time of the Mexican–American War.
From Hunt's Tomb to the Lost Dutchman, Phoenix is the final resting place of many notable figures both in national and Arizona history.
The author T.E. Glover in his book, The Lost Dutchman Mine of Jacob Waltz, [citation needed] wrote of a U.S. Cavalry trooper named William Edwards who was present for the discovery of the deceaseds' remains. The Cavalry leaders assumed that these were bodies from an Indian battle between fighting tribes.
“This is a place that saved my life literally, pulled me out of a grave and put me on my feet, gave me a place to live, fed me for a year and still continues to give me a place to be close to the people in recovery that I love,” Merrick said. But he’s seen a lot of residents drop out and some die.
Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band, has died.He was 87. Hudson died early Tuesday in a nursing home near Woodstock, New York, his former manager, Jim Della Croce, confirmed to USA ...
It will star Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, Jacob Elordi, Ralph Ineson, and Cristoph Waltz. And it will be released by Netflix. Why we’re excited: Guillermo Del Toro is famous for loving monsters.