Treasure-hunting in Mississippi has been going on for more than 400 years. Spanish conquistadors sailed along its coast in search of riches. Vainly questing for gold in 1540, Hernando de Soto entered...
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Even though there hasn't been much mining for gold or silver in Missouri, some of its lost mines and treasure stories are linked to the Spanish mining for gold and silver. Other Missouri treasure...
Iowa is not as rich in treasure sites as several other states, but there are enough locations to keep a treasure hunter busy for the rest of his life. Fort Atkinson and Fort Defiance are two...
Kansas was the great crossroads of the nation for fur traders and trappers, military expeditions, explorers, trade expeditions, the Great Emigration to the Oregon country starting in 1843, and then...
The treasure or relic hunter will have no problem finding a site in Kentucky. There are hundreds of stories of Indians and pioneers, the Civil War, and other battles, ambushes, and skirmishes that...
Louisiana treasure stories date from the days of French and Spanish explorers through the era of Gulf pirates to the years of Yankee depredations. The burial of family possessions during the Civil...