1882 riverside hold up.

ANY ONE KNOW ABOUT THE HOLD UP.

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GOLDENAZ-1

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1882 RIVERSIDE HOLD UP.? WHILE METAL DETECTING MY DAD AND I CAME UP WITH A INTERESTING FIND,1882 SIVER DOLLARS AND GOLD COINS WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE MORE THAN THE FIND WAS ALL THE COINS WERE 1882 AND BELOW THAT DATE. SO WE STARTED TO DO SOME REASEARCH,FOUND OUT THE AREA WE WERE IN WAS WHERE THE BANDITS WERE ALSO,IN 1882 MORE POKING AROUND I FOUND OUT MY GG GRAND FATHER RODE WITH THE POSSY THAT WAS AFTER THE BANDITS.HIS NAME WAS DUDLEY HARRINGTON, FOUNDER OF DUDLEY VILLE AZ,HIS SON WILLIAM WAS THE FIRST POSTMASTER OF THAT AREA,MY G GRANDMOTHER WAS HANNA HARRINGTON SELLECK SHE WAS QUEEN OF THE CATTLE,AND WAS A REAL DR QUINN MEDICINE WOMAN SHE DELIVERD OVER 200 CHIDREN OF ALL RACES SHE ALSO DELIVERD INDIAN CHILDREN AT HER RANCH THE SKIMMIZINE.AND HAD TO SHOOT A APACHE WHO CAME THROUGH HER WINDOW IT WAS IN THE PAPPER, BACK THEN.BACK TO THE STORY WELLS FARGO SAID THEY RECOVERD ALL THE MONEY BUT I WAS TOLD THEY USE TO SAY THAT SO THEY WOULDNT LOOK BAD IN THE PUBLICK EYE AND THEY COULD BE TRUSTED.I WOULD GUESS THE STRONG BOX DRIFTED DOWN THE SAN PEDRO RIVER AND LOST TO HISTORY,LIKE SO MANY STORIES WELL I CAN SAY WE DIDNT SEE THE STRONG BOX BUT THEN AGAIN WELLS FARGO SAID THEY RECOVERD ALL THE MONEY AFTER ALL THEY ARE WELLS FARGO. GOLDENAZ-1
 

djui5

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Eppa

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Neat story! So, you found the coins in Riverside? I am from Dudleyville area, and was at the the Dudleyville cemetary the other day, and saw your GG grandparents graves. The cross has weathered some, may want to replace it one day...
 

lastleg

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You've stepped out on a thin limb ADVERTIZING such a find.
Be careful, get paid and keep a low profile. lastleg
 

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pippinwhitepaws

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i imagine it will take the authorities decades to find dudelyville, with or without a map. :tongue3:
 

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