So I read a story in a book called something like Ozark Pioneers (not sure that title is exact but its something similar if not) by a man named Bob Hines. It's about a man named Spence (last name) and the couple thousand dollars of gold coins he had hidden or buried. The money was from a cattle sale he had recently had. It says essentially that he was killed by 3 would be robbers (not before taking 2 of them out with just his pocket knife) before he told anyone where he had hidden the money. Supposedly it was on a farm not far from where I live now and and that my family now owns. The house Spence lived in isn't there anymore but my grandpa told me once that the Spence name was on the deed and that his father. My great grandfather was the 5th name on the deed since it was homesteaded. It's supposed to have been "about 4 miles east of Burnham" if my memory serves right from the newspaper article Hines' book referenced. That's about right to be right around Pepa's place just a little south too. Has anyone else read, or heard about, this story?
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