Pierre , City Park Treasure Hunt 1920

[jeff of pa]

Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.), 19 Feb. 1920.





https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/...xt=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=36

unless they were Digging in a Drained Pond.

imo If he dug Down & hit Water he was Probably in the wrong spot.
He needed to Move to a higher spot.
Seems to me Who ever Buried it would Have stopped Immediately if they Hit water

 

[Jason in Enid]

Interesting. Steamboat park is the main park in Pierre and it was named because it was the steamboat landing in the early days of the town. The amount being chased in the story isnt much. Perhaps he was following a story of a purse dropped over the side of a steamboat. That could explain the use of pumps and digging down through the silt.

 

[Tiredman]

I believe this is about a sunken steamboat that was carrying a shipment of gold. We are proofing our Dakotas book and cover it.

 

[Jason in Enid]

I believe this is about a sunken steamboat that was carrying a shipment of gold. We are proofing our Dakotas book and cover it.
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Nice. Considering the wreck of the Arabia, thats entirely possible! Who wants to share the cost of a GPR study of the park? LOL

 

[Tiredman]

In time I'll post some of our stuff. The Black Hills book is doing well currently. Then we have both Dakota's done and all of Wyoming. 7 books roughly 2,500 plus pages and of course some are not true as far as I believe.