Book Description
Relates local legends from Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma about abandoned mines, hidden stashes of plunder, and lost fortunes
Author : W. C. Jameson
Publisher : august house
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,58 MB
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 9780874831061
Relates local legends from Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma about abandoned mines, hidden stashes of plunder, and lost fortunes
Author : Bud Steed
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 10,12 MB
Release : 2016-04-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781530981403
The rugged and lonely Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas hold many secrets; buried treasures and lost mines are just a few of them. From stacks of Spanish silver and gold bars, to lost silver mines, to hidden outlaw loot, the tales of buried and lost riches are abundant in the folklore of the Ozarks. Follow along as folklorist and researcher Bud Steed takes you on a journey of hidden riches and tells the tales of forgotten and lost gold and silver. This is the first book in the America's Lost Treasures series
Author : W. C. Jameson
Publisher : Promontory Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 11,73 MB
Release : 1993-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780883940846
Collects legends and lore of buried treasure in the southern Appalachian Mountain area and Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, with maps showing locations.
Author : W. C. Jameson
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : pages
File Size : 19,23 MB
Release : 1990-03-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780613908566
These stories are about fabulous mines abandoned by De Soto's soldiers; ingots carried partway across the Ozarks long ago, stashed in some moment of danger and never recovered; lodes of precious metal known only to local Indians; and thieves' and murderers' plunder that still lies hidden underground.
Author : W. C. Jameson
Publisher : august house
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 27,43 MB
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 9780874831269
Collects legends and lore of buried treasure in the southern Appalachian Mountain area, with maps showing locations
Author : W. C. Jameson
Publisher : Goldminds Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,84 MB
Release : 2011-11
Category : Arkansas
ISBN : 9781930584266
Arkansas has long been a land rich in history and lore, and few of the events associated with The Natural State are more compelling and provocative than those associated with lost mines and buried treasures. Within these pages, award-winning author W.C. Jameson has captured and interpreted the most complete collection of these rich and varied stories of lost treasure.
Author : Abby Burnett
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 44,37 MB
Release : 2015-04-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1626743428
Before there was a death care industry where professional funeral directors offered embalming and other services, residents of the Arkansas Ozarks—and, for that matter, people throughout the South—buried their own dead. Every part of the complicated, labor-intensive process was handled within the deceased's community. This process included preparation of the body for burial, making a wooden coffin, digging the grave, and overseeing the burial ceremony, as well as observing a wide variety of customs and superstitions. These traditions, especially in rural communities, remained the norm up through the end of World War II, after which a variety of factors, primarily the loss of manpower and the rise of the funeral industry, brought about the end of most customs. Gone to the Grave, a meticulous autopsy of this now vanished way of life and death, documents mourning and practical rituals through interviews, diaries and reminiscences, obituaries, and a wide variety of other sources. Abby Burnett covers attempts to stave off death; passings that, for various reasons, could not be mourned according to tradition; factors contributing to high maternal and infant mortality; and the ways in which loss was expressed though obituaries and epitaphs. A concluding chapter examines early undertaking practices and the many angles funeral industry professionals worked to convince the public of the need for their services.
Author : Byron Preiss
Publisher : ibooks
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 31,34 MB
Release : 2016-10-05
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN :
The tale begins over three-hundred years ago, when the Fair People—the goblins, fairies, dragons, and other fabled and fantastic creatures of a dozen lands—fled the Old World for the New, seeking haven from the ways of Man. With them came their precious jewels: diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls... But then the Fair People vanished, taking with them their twelve fabulous treasures. And they remained hidden until now... Across North America, these twelve treasures, over ten-thousand dollars in precious jewels, are buried. The key to finding each can be found within the twelve full color paintings and verses of The Secret. Yet The Secret is much more than that. At long last, you can learn not only the whereabouts of the Fair People's treasure, but also the modern forms and hiding places of their descendants: the Toll Trolls, Maitre D'eamons, Elf Alphas, Tupperwerewolves, Freudian Sylphs, Culture Vultures, West Ghosts and other delightful creatures in the world around us. The Secret is a field guide to them all. Many "armchair treasure hunt" books have been published over the years, most notably Masquerade (1979) by British artist Kit Williams. Masquerade promised a jewel-encrusted golden hare to the first person to unravel the riddle that Williams cleverly hid in his art. In 1982, while everyone in Britain was still madly digging up hedgerows and pastures in search of the golden hare, The Secret: A Treasure Hunt was published in America. The previous year, author and publisher Byron Preiss had traveled to 12 locations in the continental U.S. (and possibly Canada) to secretly bury a dozen ceramic casques. Each casque contained a small key that could be redeemed for one of 12 jewels Preiss kept in a safe deposit box in New York. The key to finding the casques was to match one of 12 paintings to one of 12 poetic verses, solve the resulting riddle, and start digging. Since 1982, only two of the 12 casques have been recovered. The first was located in Grant Park, Chicago, in 1984 by a group of students. The second was unearthed in 2004 in Cleveland by two members of the Quest4Treasure forum. Preiss was killed in an auto accident in the summer of 2005, but the hunt for his casques continues.
Author : Phillip W. Steele
Publisher :
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 27,87 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Treasure troves
ISBN :
Author : W. C. Jameson
Publisher : August House Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,75 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780874839487
W.C. Jameson shows you where to look and how to find valuable artifacts, precious metals, lost jewels, and hidden caches in a neighborhood park, your attic, at the beach or in open country. Practical tips will get you started, help you protect your claim on any found treasure and authenticate the value of coins, jewels and other objects.