SINCE YOU ASKED - ARKANSAS LEADS

[Siegfried Schlagrule]

tighties ... a term used for burying money that may have begun use during the depression when money was tight. also heard in southern missouri and west virginia. arkansans say 'bury your tighties' and west virginians say "HIDE your tighties''source personal knowledge plus TREASURE HUNTERS NEWSLETTER, WINTER 1973
CRITTENDEN'S STAGE STOP SALOON ... They had a place right on the border. There was a wide white stripe painted down the middle of the floor and it was much favored by outlaws who had merely to step over the line to be safe from arrest. source page 14, ZEKE PROCTOR - OUTLAW OR HERO? BY OLEVIA E. MEYERS, GOLDEN WEST, NOVEMBER 1971

 

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[Siegfried Schlagrule]

Re: SINCE YOU ASKED - ANOTHER ARKANSAS LEAD

Want to be fair to all so adding another lead to make up for the "tighties" information
PULASKI COUNTY - BIG ROCK ... outlaws secreted several caches on or near the base of BIG ROCK, 8 miles from LITTLE ROCK, in the 1800s. Several small caches have been found by soldiers who used mine detectors. source ARKANSAS #39, US TREASURE MAP ATLAS BY THOMAS P. TERRY