Gypsy Heart
Gold Member
The earliest settlers remembered in Cotopaxi were George Henry Thomas,E. H. Saltiel and Mr. Hart. George Thomas or Gold Tom, as he was called,was a gold placer miner. He built and lived in a log cabin in what iscalled “Gold Tom Park”, just northeast of Cotopaxi. Gold Tom located theCotopaxi mine in 1873. For Some time he worked the mine for gold but found little later sold the mine and went back to placer mining.
The story goes that Gold Tom’s treasure is buried somewhere in Gold Tom Park,but it has never been found. In the year 1880 Gold Tom and a man by the name of Myers had a dispute over a dog. The argument led into a feud and Myers shot and killed Gold Tom. The shooting took place in front of what is now the Clyde Basham home. Gold Tom was carried to the backroom of the Hart Hotel, there within a few hours he died; thus ending his famous life.
Interesting Historical Facts Concerning Cotopaxi Pioneers
By Mrs. Elizabeth Gulliford
“The Sun”
Thursday, August 26, 1954
Old photo http://www.rootsweb.com/~cophotos/Fremont/cotopaxi1902.htm
The story goes that Gold Tom’s treasure is buried somewhere in Gold Tom Park,but it has never been found. In the year 1880 Gold Tom and a man by the name of Myers had a dispute over a dog. The argument led into a feud and Myers shot and killed Gold Tom. The shooting took place in front of what is now the Clyde Basham home. Gold Tom was carried to the backroom of the Hart Hotel, there within a few hours he died; thus ending his famous life.
Interesting Historical Facts Concerning Cotopaxi Pioneers
By Mrs. Elizabeth Gulliford
“The Sun”
Thursday, August 26, 1954
Old photo http://www.rootsweb.com/~cophotos/Fremont/cotopaxi1902.htm
Yes, Cotopaxi is supposed to have a few good "things" going for it. I was in Bighorn canyon three weeks ago hiking and just goofing off. Tom Park was supposed to have buried a cache of Gold coins in cotopaxi also-unfound? Per the United States Treasure Atlas Volume 2---ISBN 0939850176.
