How to Find Lost Treasure In All Fifty States and Canada, Too!

by Holub, Joan; Holub, Joan

• ISBN13: 9780689826436
• ISBN10: 0689826435
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Aladdin

Summary

Have you ever hidden something, and then forgotten where it was? Imagine if you buried a treasure, but couldn't find it when you went back to look. This has really happened!Here is information about real treasure lost in all fifty states, and even some in Canada! Read and be amazed. You know what? This book could make you the richest person in the world.AMAZING TRUE STORIES: Coins and bits of treasure wash up on Florida beaches more often than anywhere else in the United States. The Great Lakes are freshwater and are extremely cold. These water conditions help preserve sunken treasures better than warm saltwater oceans do. In the United States alone there is $300 billion' worth of lost treasure waiting to be found!

Author Biography

Joan Holub has authored and/or illustrated over 140 children’s books, including the Goddess Girls series, the Heroes in Training series, the New York Times bestselling picture book Mighty Dads (illustrated by James Dean), and Little Red Writing (illustrated by Melissa Sweet). She lives in North Carolina and is online at JoanHolub.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(3)
Alabama: The Inca Gold of Red Bone Cave	3	(4)
Alaska: The Lake of the Golden Bar Treasure	7	(2)
Arizona: The Legend of the Lost Dutchman Mine	9	(5)
Arkansa: Silver Bullet Treasure	14	(3)
California: Lost Death Valley Gold	17	(5)
Colorado: Missing Treasure Mountain Gold	22	(3)
Connecticut: The Buried Treasure of Pirate Captain Kidd	25	(4)
Delaware: Revolutionary War Gold Coins	29	(3)
Florida: Shipwrecked Treasures	32	(4)
Georgia: The Farmer's Round Treasure Map	36	(3)
Hawaii: The Lost Treasure of King Kamehameha	39	(2)
Idaho: Lost Treasure of the Lava Caves	41	(3)
Illinois: Cave In Rock Treasure	44	(2)
Indiana: The Great Train Robbery Treasure	46	(3)
Iowa: The Hidden Fortune on Kelly's Bluff	49	(2)
Kansas: Notorious Bill Doolin's Buried Treasure	51	(3)
Kentucky: The Treasure of Morgan's Raiders	54	(2)
Louisiana: Jean Lafitte's Pirate Booty	56	(3)
Maine: Pirate Sam Bellamy's Lost City of Gold	59	(3)
Maryland: Murder at Treasure Inn	62	(2)
Massachusetts: Pirate Treasure Found and Lost Again	64	(2)
Michigan: Shipwreck Treasure of the Great Lakes	66	(4)
Minnesota: ``Ma'' Barker's Gangster Loot	70	(3)
Mississippi: Outlaw Treasure in the Devil's Punchbowl	73	(3)
Missouri: Where Gold Grows on Trees	76	(3)
Montana: Gold Near Custer's Last Stand	79	(3)
Nebraska: Duke Sherman's Unlucky Gold Train	82	(3)
Nevada: The Lost Silver Bullet Mine	85	(3)
New Hampshire: The Pirate Treasure of John Quelch	88	(3)
New Jersey: Pine Robber Booty	91	(3)
New Mexico: The Victorio Peak Treasure	94	(3)
New York: Dutch Schultz's Gangster Loot	97	(4)
North Carolina: Blackbeard's Buried Pirate Treasure	101	(3)
North Dakota: A Well-Hidden Gold Treasure	104	(2)
Ohio: Lake Erie Shipwreck Treasure	106	(3)
Oklahoma: The Loot of Outlaw Jesse James	109	(2)
Oregon: Wagon Train Blue Bucket Gold	111	(3)
Pennsylvania: Civil War Gold Bars	114	(2)
Rhode Island: The Treasure of Pirate Thomas Tew	116	(4)
South Carolina: Mary Anne Townsend's Pirate Treasure	120	(3)
South Dakota: The Fabulous Stolen Loot from the Unrobbable Treasure Coach	123	(3)
Tennessee: The Lost Coin Kegs of Farmer Wenten	126	(2)
Texas: Emperor Maximilian's Treasure	128	(4)
Utah: Lost Mormon Gold	132	(3)
Vermont: Bristol Treasure Chests	135	(3)
Virginia: Thomas Beale's Secret Treasure Codes	138	(4)
Washington: D. B. Cooper's Thanksgiving Treasure	142	(3)
West Virginia: Dollhouse Dollars	145	(3)
Wisconsin: John Dillinger's Bank Loot	148	(3)
Wyoming: Cattle Kate's Buried Treasure	151	(3)
Alberta, Canada: The Lost Lemon Mine	154	(3)
British Columbia, Canada: Ghost Town Treasure	157	(4)
Nova Scotia, Canada: The Oak Island Money Pit	161	(5)
Quebec, Canada: Lost French Treasure	166	(2)
Some Helpful Hints	168	(5)
Selected References	173	(8)
How I Got the Idea for This Book	181