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Common to all the lost mine legends is the idea of a valuable and mysterious resource being lost to history. Some lost mine legends have a historical basis, and some have none. Regardless, the lure of these legends is attested by the many books on the subject, and the popularity of publications such as Lost Treasure magazine. [1] [2]
Looted by the Wehrmacht during the German invasion of Poland at the beginning of World War II. Sword of Islam: Confirmed 1943 Ceremonial sword presented to Benito Mussolini in 1937 from Berber collaborators in Italian Libya. [30] Disappeared in July 1943, after his summer residence was destroyed by the Italian Resistance. [31] Peking Man ...
General Tomoyuki Yamashita Prince Yasuhito Chichibu. Yamashita's gold, also referred to as the Yamashita treasure, is the name given to the alleged war loot stolen in Southeast Asia by Imperial Japanese forces during World War II and supposedly hidden in caves, tunnels, or underground complexes in different cities in the Philippines.
Their bodies have never been found, though suspected accomplice Ronnie Dean Busick was arrested in April 2018 for his involvement in the crimes. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] Busick pleaded guilty July 15, 2020 to being an accessory to first-degree murder in the deaths of Danny and Kathy Freeman, the torching of their home near Welch, Oklahoma, and the ...
Berry, Shelley, Small Towns, Ghost Memories of Oklahoma: A Photographic Narrative of Hamlets and Villages Throughout Oklahoma's Seventy-seven Counties (Virginia Beach, Va.: Donning Company Publishers, 2004). Blake Gumprecht, "A Saloon On Every Corner: Whiskey Towns of Oklahoma Territory, 1889-1907," The Chronicles of Oklahoma 74 (Summer 1996).
“There’s a lot of history, so I wanted to find who they belonged to,” store manager Tina Eifert said
View of mines, plant, rail yard in Cardin, Oklahoma (1922) An unusual cluster of galena crystals from the Tri-State district. The gold-colored mineral is chalcopyrite. Size: 3.9 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm. The Tri-State district was a historic lead-zinc mining district located in present-day southwest Missouri, southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma. The ...
The Missouri River was a major transportation route that sustained these Montana gold mines and the budding cities. Museum at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge River routes were also integral to the fur trade between St. Louis and the Indian country that provided the furs, which had been going on since the early 19th century.