Gypsy Heart
Gold Member
Before Minersville was settled it was believed that a company of emigrants had camped under a big cottonwood tree down by the river. One of the women of the group was very wealthy and carried a great deal of money with her. Thinking someone might take it from her, she buried it by the river. Other members of the party became angry at her when she refused to tell where the money was hidden. They murdered her and buried her on the banks of the river. The money was never found, and it is said that she roamed up and down the river at night to protect her riches. Her dress was always black silk, and as she walked her petticoats of taffeta swished and rattled in the night.
John Banks saw her one night as he crossed the river bridge on horseback. He tried to catch her but when she leaped over a high barbed wire fence and disappeared, he became extremely frightened and upon arriving home could scarcely speak. Everyone who saw her became frightened, and each thought the woman dressed in black was surely a ghost. To this day the story of the phantom woman in black still persists.
http://www.gordonbanks.com/gordon/family/2nd_Site/geb-p/p24.htm
John Banks saw her one night as he crossed the river bridge on horseback. He tried to catch her but when she leaped over a high barbed wire fence and disappeared, he became extremely frightened and upon arriving home could scarcely speak. Everyone who saw her became frightened, and each thought the woman dressed in black was surely a ghost. To this day the story of the phantom woman in black still persists.
http://www.gordonbanks.com/gordon/family/2nd_Site/geb-p/p24.htm
