Lost

Name: Lost Arizona Treasure
Brand: W. Craig Gaines
SKU: 9781467159319
Price: 18.74 USD
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The Lost American history book series reunites the stories and imagery of beautifully forgotten places, towns, and buildings in America. Explore the stories of the automotive companies who tried to make it big in the Motor City, only to fail. Visit Hammond, Indiana, once known as “Atlantic City on the Lake.” Dive deep into the underwater ghost towns of North Georgia, eat along Gertrude Stein at the Maramor, or trek through the tunnels of Cincinnati’s incomplete subway. From abandoned ski areas to sunken plantations, getting lost has never been so rewarding! [View all Lost books]

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Lost Arizona Treasure

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Lost Fort Worth

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The Choctaw Freedmen of Skullyville

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Lost New Mexico Treasure

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Lost Arizona Treasure

9781467159319

$24.99 $18.74 Save 25%

The vast mountains and deserts of Arizona hide a multitude of buried treasures and forgotten mines just waiting to be rediscovered.

The Aztecs reportedly hid gold and other valuables worth millions across the Southwest to keep it from the Spaniards hundreds of years ago, but nothing has ever been recovered. The famous Lost Dutchman mine has captured attention and claimed multiple lives since its discovery in the Superstition Mountains, and it’s just one of many mines lost to history and shifting landscapes. More recently, rumors spread that more than $1 million in cash from the 1977 robbery of Marjorie Jackson is still hidden somewhere north of Phoenix.

Author W. Craig Gaines maps out the potential paths leading to lost fortunes.

Lost Fort Worth

9781626192355

$21.99 $16.49 Save 25%

From the humble beginnings of a frontier army camp, Fort Worth transformed into a city as cattle drives, railroads, oil and national defense drove its economy. During the tremendous growth, the landscape and cultural imprint of the city changed drastically, and much of Cowtown was lost to history. Witness the birth of western swing music and the death of a cloud dancer. See mansions of the well-heeled and saloons of the well-armed. Meet two gunfighters, one flamboyant preacher, one serial killer and one very short subway carrying passengers back in time to discover more of Fort Worth. Author Mike Nichols presents a colorful history tour from the North Side to the South Side's Battle of Buttermilk Junction.

The Choctaw Freedmen of Skullyville

9781467170024

$24.99

From settlement to sediment

Unlike the freedman communities in Spiro, Ft. Coffee and Poteau, the town of Skullyville faded into a forgotten ghost town. Dr. G. E. Hartshorne’s 1950 “Skullyville and Its People in 1889” chronicled the inhabitants’ lifestyle and culture. Yet he excluded many that arrived in the 1830s, having survived the long and arduous journey of the Trail of Tears. Enslaved people of African descent, arriving alongside their Choctaw masters, were seldom mentioned in contemporaneous accounts. They labored for decades without pay, or the comforts of freedom. Their tribal oppressors joined the Confederates, vowing to maintain their slaveholding lifestyle. Conversely, some from Skullyville resisted by joining the Union Army. Many lived to see freedom, and established livelihoods after abolition. In April of 1866, Choctaw leaders joined the Chickasaw at Fort Smith to sign a peace treaty that abolished slavery and promised citizenship and suffrage to those once enslaved by their nations. Freedman descendent Angela Walton-Raji resurrects the lost voices of Skullyville and champions a legacy that outlasted the town itself.

Lost New Mexico Treasure

9781467159838

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Journey through time in search of lost mines and treasures.

Tales of the Land of Enchantment’s lost treasures and lost mines span centuries. Montezuma’s Aztecs reportedly hid gold, silver, and other riches in their journey through what would become New Mexico, and the Great Southwestern Revolt of 1680 is another source of many tales of lost treasure.

Under Victorio Peak in the White Sands Missile Range, a contested find of hidden Spanish and Apache treasure got the U.S. military involved, while the Organ Mountains, Burro Mountains, and other ranges are rumored to have their own lost riches.

Pack trains and wagon trains sometimes buried treasure in case of attack, but not all was recovered, including Madam Barcelo’s millions. And outlaws like El Chato, Black Jack Ketchum, Jesse James, and the Reynolds Gang stashed loot throughout the territory.

Author W. Craig Gaines uncovers stories of lost wealth and uncharted mines in New Mexico.