Filming day was finally here. At that point, we decided to go out on a scouting mission so we could become familiar with the area. Is the gold from that Chinese miner and perhaps others still buried on China Grade? Some of the add-ons on this site are powered by. All one needs to do is get familiar with the history, research for yourself, and get out in the field to try your luck at the treasure. They believed one day they could return and retrieve their treasure including a solid gold three-foot crucifix with a symbol of Jesus on it. The Wild Bunch spent many months preparing to rob the train payroll in Castle Gate. The train sequence was filmed on Utah's Heber Valley Historic Railroad, using 2-8-0 "Consolidation"-type steam locomotive #618. He believed that the caves in Johnson Canyon were there as decoys and that the treasure actually was hidden in an underwater cavern on his ranch. [2][4] The waterfalls scene was filmed at Utah's Bridal Veil Falls. Many battles took place between the Aztecs and the Spanish in the year to follow. But in 2013, Summit County resident Gary Holt claimed to have discovered it. Noted for their barbarity, they were said to have killed at least twelve people during their raids. As the story goes the little girl took her fathers cigar box of silver dollars out to play with her one day. As the baggage was unloaded from the train, three men including the company paymaster and two guards, gathered the payroll that consisted of three bags estimated at roughly $7,000. He was such an outlaw that he even formed an outlaw group, calledthe Wild Bunch who buried $20,000somewhere in Irish Canyon in Colorado USA. Within a couple of hours, we found a canyon and dry river bed that was similar to the description that was given to us by someone a couple of months ago. From abandoned mines to lost Aztec gold and Spanish treasures, Utah has its fair share of legends. However, Thompson also bought gold nuggets and gold bars from Campbell, which Campbell says later showed up in the follow-up book, published by Ken Sanders Dream Garden Press. Before the Padre and soldiers fled they packed up 20 burros loaded down with gold artifacts including a three-foot gold cross and silver bullion from his mine. El Paso County Near Monument, between Colorado Springs and Denver, the Butch Cassidy Gang is said to have stashed $100,000 from their bank robberies. Heres a list of some of the treasure that might still be buried in Montana by Henry Plummer and his gang: Another reported story of buried treasure by the Plummer gang at the ruins of an old town named Hell Gate Ronde thats located 2 miles northwest of Missoula, Montana. This town is located on the Clear Fork River between Drummond and Bearmouth, Montana. "Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy", "Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid: The Monpelier, Castle Gate, Wilcox and Winnemucca Robberies", "The Best and Worst Direct-To-Video of 2007", Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outlaw_Trail:_The_Treasure_of_Butch_Cassidy&oldid=1107603768, Cultural depictions of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Brent Weber as "Martin", the arrogant son of the mayor and Roy's nemesis, Shauna Thompson as "Lorraine", Roy's mother, This page was last edited on 30 August 2022, at 21:51. But the prospector died before he was able to go and retrieve the gold. Three boy scouts, one a great-nephew of Butch Cassidy, and their pretty girl friend hunt for the lost treasure of the legendary bank robber in 1950s Utah. His cabin was located on Bell River about a mile northwest of Monarch Montana. Bloomington Cave is located near St. George, Utah where many of the upper echelons of the Morman church had their homes. Before Henry Plummer was hung in Hell Gate Ronde he claimed that he buried $650,000 worth of gold bullion near Haystack Butte, Montana along the Missouri River. Hello fellow treasure hunting friends! It was a little difficult to look for a big, flat, campsite in the dark but we managed and began setting up camp. Butch Cassidy's childhood home in Garfield County, Utah. Hi Everyone. A Circleville, Utah, native and grandson of a Mormon handcart pioneer named Robert Leroy Parker began using the Roost in the 1880s to hide cattle that he rustled with Mike Cassidy. It is said that the treasure lies between Black Rock Peak and the Paria River. As the train started to leave the station the two men made their way to the engine room where they pointed a gun at the engineer and told him to stop the train. And while that may sound like a tame premise on the surface, the show has been full of enough twists, turns and unsolved mysteries to merit a second season. Harry Alonzo Longabaugh or better known as the Sundance Kid was Cassidy's main partner in crime during their latter days of robbery. His mom when a young girl would take care of his horses and feed Butch and his gang More information can be found in. He was the ring leader of the Wild Bunch outlaw gang that robbed trains and banks during the Wild West days. It is said that a group called the Beartown Roughs terrorized and stole from the local miners there. Hopefully you will find only lumps. We'd love to be of help to you. The first day was surrounded by looking for clues of where Butch and the Wild Bunch may have hidden the loot. Afterward, the bodies were buried in unmarked graves in a San Vicente cemetery. Fort Peck is located along the Missouri River in Valley County Montana. From the origins of his famous name to the mystery surrounding his death, the legendary American outlaw. According to the note there is gold, some silver and some paper currency buried in a saddle bag. A scientist who helped identify the body of Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele says he may have found the remains of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in Bolivia, where legend has it the two died in a shootout. You must log in or register to reply here. Cassidy and Lay likely met around 1889 while working at a ranch in Browns Park, an area near the borders of Utah, Colorado and Wyoming that served as a sometime hideout for outlaws. Joining the two in the hunt are Ellie, with whom Roy is becoming infatuated, and Martin, who reluctantly goes along after Roy takes his truck during the jailbreak. It is believed that much of their outlaw loot was cached here and never recovered. Famous outlaw Butch Cassidy certainly had his hands on plenty of riches throughout his storied career as a bank robber and some of it is rumored to be right here in Utah. So far, they've recovered several items, including a bracelet and some coins (which turned out not to be Aztec gold), and a box full of rocks and strange metal. The famous Donner Party left Illinois in the spring of 1846 to head west to California for a better life. Supposedly, $30,000 in silver coins remains buried somewhere in the canyon. We arrived at Goblin Valley very late on Friday night. Believing that the treasure was cursed the divers left and never came back. Forensic anthropologist Clyde Snow said in a recent interview he is ``guardedly optimistic'' that the bones uncovered in a cemetery in the Andean village of San Vicente last month are those of the . Robbers' Roost was one of several hideouts along . In 1873 a gold prospector was attacked by Indians near the Flint River that flows about two miles south of Philipsburg, Montana. The mystery and intrigue of buried treasure is something that captivates most peoples' attention. In 1894, Cassidy was found guilty of stealing a horse worth $5 in Wyoming and sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary. Standardville became a thriving community in the coal mining days of Utah with a general store, butcher shop, elementary school, and even tennis courts. On that day a train carrying the payroll for the workers of the Pleasant Valley Coal company stopped in Castle Gate to deliver the payroll. Legend has it that before Montezumas death he ordered a group of his men to take all the riches of Mexico which is estimated to be worth billions of dollars in gold, silver, and gems north to the Aztecs ancestral homeland Aztlan that some believe was in Utah. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. To this day I wonder if that area needs to be scouted out more because one thing that Ive learned is that if its too hard to get to, most people give up. He also claimed to have extracted $30 million of something he calls goldcite, which is actually a form of fibrous calcite. Rating: PG (Brief Language|Some Mild Violence) Genre:. They had made it to the north end of the Kaiparowits Plateau knowing that they would surely die if they crossed the desert they decided to cache their treasures in a small cave on the fifty-mile mountain. By some point in 1902, Cassidy was in South America and he and Longabaugh, using assumed names, had purchased land in Argentinas Cholila, where they ran a ranching operation. The Curry Gang came to Montana in the 1890s. . Standardville was one of the coal mining towns in Spring Canyon in the early 20th century. He died without letting his family know where he had buried the coins. There is treasure out there to find it just might not be worth the millions of dollars one would hope for. The gold mining town of Beartown which is now a ghost town was booming in the mid-1800s. Lost Silver Coins in the Ghost Town of Standardville, 8 Lost Treasures of Texas (Pirate Treasure & More), 4 Really Good Ways to Hide Gold From Metal Detectors. When they came to Montana they changed their name to Curry because before that they were in the Famous Wild Bunch gang of Butch Cassidy. Longabaugh, the Pennsylvania-born son of a laborer who moved west as a teen, earned his colorful nickname (and an 18-month jail stint) after stealing a horse near Sundance, Wyoming in 1887. The TIA team, along with about 20 filming crew members arrived at Green River to start our 3-day long journey. It is loosely based on legends arising from the fate of real-life Western outlaw Butch Cassidy, the alias of Robert LeRoy Parker, whose gang robbed trains and banks in the 1890s.Cassidy fled to South America in 1901, where he is believed to have died in 1908. In addition to the towns of Circleville and Kanab, scenes were shot in Kane and Tooele Counties, as well as scenic Bryce Canyon. I can tell you for a fact, that if you drove an UTV to the site where you believe the loot is. this is pretty awesome. No doubt, countless treasure hunters have tried to find Cassidy's loot, but as far as anyone knows, it has been without success. The famous Butch Cassidy of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is said to have done numerous robberies in Utah, Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado in the late 1800s to early 1900s. She took the empty cigar box back home and when her father found that the coins were missing he was furious. During our research, we had learned that there could be a second, well-hidden Robbers Roost roughly 120 miles away from the known one. Years later his family found his will stating that he had buried the gold coins under his cabin. Definition: The story about Butch Cassidy's $20,000 Treasure Butch Cassidy is arguably one of the most notable outlaws of the Wild West. Many years ago, a ex co worker, gave it to me. It has some good information and stories that I think you will really like. HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate. A modern gang of outlaws wants to grab the loot, too, and soon the intrepid heroes are fleeing for . Today that gold would be worth around $250,000 and along with the loot from their other robberies there could be millions of dollars worth of gold and silver buried or hidden in the Canyons of southeastern, Utah! A Guide to Treasure in Colorado. While they've halted work on the mine itself, the company is still active and sells stock in the Dream Mine. Id love to go out there and waive a metal detector around. I bet it will remain that way for many more years to come. Legend has it that a rich politician fled Mexico during the Mexican fight for Independence. Atlas Obscura reports that Koyle was called before a disciplinary council to either sign a statement saying his claims were false or be excommunicated from the Church. Neither Corts nor anyone else has found the treasure to this day. Marley Green if you show me I will I have been to the area twice. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Chris Jericho, Timothy Draper, and the Treasures in America team heads out hundreds of miles to look for clues and riches. But when the gold rush of 1849 hit Utah that thinking changed possibly because Brigham Young realized that he needed lots of money to run his institutions and be successful in Utah. When we returned to basecamp, we found our camp in distress. ( Sorry Amigo clip is in Spanish but you can still ranch and old photographs, ) Crow Crow Silver Member Jan 28, 2005 2,913 7,829 During the shootout, the Bolivians reportedly gunned down the suspects, or one of the outlaws killed his partner then turned the gun on himself. Is Montezumas treasure real and if so is it hiding in an underwater cave in southern Utah? In fact, there is no conclusive evidence linking Cassidy and Sundance to the robbery and shootout. After the podcast, everyone quickly loaded up the cars and we headed out to the desert to film and search for Butch Cassidys Loot. Fast forward to 1989 when Brandt Child a local resident of Kanab bought some land he ended up calling Three Lake Ranch. Filmed on location in Utah, it received production incentives from the Utah Film Commission, a state agency providing funding to promote development of the film industry in the western state. Stay off my treasure! Killing just one of these snails will bag you a $50,000 fine. Shortly before the train arrived, a lone cowboy had hitched his horse in front of the saloon and sat inside waiting for the sound of the train whistle. In order to leave town, Butch Cassidy had to make it through the crowd of workers that happened to be waiting for the train to arrive with their paychecks. We werent just doing this forus this time, there were a lot of people depending on us and we felt good about the knowledge we had obtained during this trip. Between Black Rock Peak and the Paria River in Johnson Canyon about twenty miles northeast of Kanab, Utah. Its unknown whether Cassidy was with them or if, as some historians believe, he stayed behind and in July of that year took part in a train robbery near Wagner, Montana. New York Daily News. We found a couple of horseshoes in the area of the Roosts corral and Chris Jericho was lucky enough to find a silver coin from the late 1800s. These pipes were used to bring fresh air into the mines and allow for harmful gases to escape. The session went really well, full of all kinds of treasure knowledge, sites, and shared stories of history all over America. So Mr. Child wanted to drill with a wider drill bit. That might be a lucrative endeavor. Buried Treasures You Can Find. If you know your history (or if you've seen "Pirates of the Caribbean") then you know that this led to Corts' thirst and obsession for riches. Watch the video below to see what they find. Over the next few years, he spent time in the mining boom town of Telluride, Colorado, followed by Wyoming and Montana. This was a good place to start, so we did what we always do, got our equipment and set out to see what we could find. To help contribute to his familys finances, the future Butch Cassidy left home to work at other ranches in the area. There was an old narrow dirt road that took us down into the tight canyon, and thats where we saw the ruins for the first time. In the mid-1890s, Sundance met the woman who became his companion, Etta Place, and later became affiliated with the Wild Bunch, after he and Place resided in a tent near Butch Cassidy at Robbers Roost, a remote outlaw hideout in southeastern Utah. His first taste of a major robbery came in June 1889, when he and three. The Mormon faith calls Utah home. Kathy Weiser then goes on to explain, The two cowboys, now known to have been Butch Cassidy and Elza Lay, got on their horses and rode south, pursued by two citizens, one in a buggy and the other on horseback shouting, Bring that money back! But it was too late, the pair were long gone. Have a pic. The Plummer gang sure got around in the early half of the 1860s! treasure found on Gardiner's Island. Its a pretty far-fetched lost treasure tale but its still an interesting one and makes you wonder if its really hidden in that underwater cave on Three Lakes Ranch in Southern Utah! Larimer County The Musgrove Gang, headed by Lee Musgrove, were thieves and rustlers who ranged from Texas to Wyoming to Kansas. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Pursued by a few angry citizens Cassidy and Lay took off south but the outlaws quickly lost the pursuing citizens in the deserts and Canyons of Utah. No one knows for sure what happened to Kid Curry after that but its presumed that he buried his loot near the area that the train was robbed which was near Malta Montana. The pic and info. The mine Holt found was located by Hoyt's Peak in the Uinta Mountains. INCREDIBLE FIND: Couple find buried treasure trove under their floor, including $50,000 in cash! Finding these caves sparked interest in what Mr. In this article, you will discover 12 lost treasures of Montana that are waiting to be recovered. He successfully fought off the attackers but was unable to recover his treasure. The Castle Gate Robbery treasure consisted of $7,000 in gold. So draining the pond was out of the question. Many divers have died trying to retrieve it, but what keeps interest so high in the lake is that many believe the Nazis sunk millions worth of gold, diamonds and other treasures, possibly even including art wonders. [1] The Stearman biplane used in the aerial sequences was provided by the Utah Wing of the Commemorative Air Force. Many mellow and family-friendly trails can still be explored in this season with the right precautions taken. 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