Legend has it that Schultz buried a safe containing what would now be worth upwards of $150 million in gold and silver coins, paper currency, bonds, and jewels in or around the town of Phoenicia in the Catskills which is about 60 miles south of Albany New York. Bill Ott. Tiny Treasure Island. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. They had dug to the water level when they reached an iron chest, and they stooped to lift it-but, to their amazement, the iron was too hot to handle! The first generation of Loomiss was well respected in the area but not the George Loomis generation. A fortune worth $1 million when it was hidden in 2010 is waiting to be picked up somewhere in the Rocky Mountains just a few miles from Santa Fe, New Mexico. This does not mean roll around in leaf litter and have a good laugh, although that might help. Gordon was trying to make it to the British line but was killed by the Patriots before he made it. Dutch Schultz trusted only his longtime bodyguard, Bernard "Lulu" Rosencrantz, and so no one knows the form or size of the treasure he allegedly buried in the Catskill Mountains, near Phoenicia, NY. Being lost in the backcountry usually means not knowing ones whereabouts. By the time Prohibition went into effect in 1919, gangsters were starting to get caught in a new trap that they never dealt with before. They found quantities of lead and iron but no gold. The oldest house at Fort Neck, Long Island, New York, was known for years as the haunted house, and the grave of its owner Captain Jones was called the pirates grave, for, in the last century, Jones was accused of piracy and smuggling, and there have been those who suspected worse. It just means you made a terrifying discovery, as everything around you looks unfamiliar, and you no longer know where you are. One day in 1841, a Spanish ship put in for water off the spot where Columbia City, Oregon, now stands. He tipped in $100 bills and bought "secret" rounds of drinks at local gathering spots. And do not expect to be found, ever. Part of his defense was that he claimed he didn't have to pay taxes on illegal income. Gold may be in the stream, but it will either by hidden beneath significant overburden that will require a lot of work to move, or it will be unable to settle down and be captured, thus moving it further downstream. When not paying attention, very soon the hiker is in unknown territory with no trail in sight and no knowledge of where they are or how they got there. Lord Amherts buried $100,000 in gold coins on Treasure island during the Revolution. Breathing becomes labored as if just summiting a faraway peak. Numerous caches from robberies are thought to be located Panama Rocks.The Washington sank in 1834 off Silver creek number of coins unknown. sank in Lake Erie off Angola shore carrying $500,000 of copper and $50,000 in. It occurred at the southern tip of Lake Champlain, near Whitehall, already the site of many historic lake-related treasures. Bushwacking in Five Ponds is serious business. During the 1920s Shultz made a fortune. My own grandfather-in-law owned a service station during the Depression. The Monarch wrecked off Toronto Canada with 250 ton cargo in 1856. The combination of bucolic small town and big city gangster was like catnip to the journalists of the era. Also Read: 24 Gold Panning Locations in New England. In 1827 a woman who was understood to have the power of seership published a vision to a couple of young blades, who had paid for it, to the effect that hidden under one of the grass-grown wharves was a box of dollars. GT Prospect Station, 3 miles E of Westfield.GT Lilly Dale, 1 1/2 miles W of Cassadaga. As the lady properly objected to any risk to her own safety, the chest was buried at an unknown spot in the forest. With Canada still making liquor legally and New York City being full of people who wanted it, the roads of the Adirondacks became favorites of smugglers. amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "raregold-20"; So the next time you feel as you might be lost, just remember to stop, drop and roll. It may sound completely stupid, but that might just make it memorable enough that it will come to mind when the need arises. Being one of the most important ports of entry for immigrants to the U.S. means a whole lot of history and along with that many lost treasure tales to tell. He should, at that moment, have turned around three times, as his dream directed, but he was so excited that he forgot to. What became of these valuables after their exhumation is not known, and the existence of more has been suspected. The Loomis gang had a large farmstead near Seneca, New York where it is said that they buried $40,000 in the Montezuma Swamp in the area. The Indians were gone, and an earnest search was made for the money but in vain. Dans discription of what one may go through was good. Rumors of buried treasure by French soldiers in the area of Fort Levis on Chimney Island below Ogdensburg. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. While Dutch Schultz had triumphed for a second time, the consequences of the trial were not over yet. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. This is just one of many examples where the natural response is not only dangerous, but could actually get you killed. The steamer Erie sank near Silver creek with $100,000 in gold and silver coins. He died in a fever and, while raving in delirium, spoke of a concealed chest. The seven cities of Cibola that Coronado and other Spanish adventurers sought in the vast deserts of the Southwest were pueblos. He escaped through a hole in the roof, doubled on his pursuers, fired a pile of dead leaves and wood at the mouth, and suffocated the white men with the smoke. GT Charleston, 5 miles NW of Burtonsville The Loomis gang during their raids buried $40,000 in silver and gold coin in the Montezuma Swamp close by the Seneca Falls. An Indian girl who stole away from her camp to procure a quantity of this treasure was pursued by her lover, who, frightened at the risk she was about to run from the vultures, stopped her flight by staving in the side of her canoe so that she was compelled to take refuge in his. * Tax evasion trial begins So far from having gold, these Indians did not know the stuff, but the myth that they had hoarded quantities of it survived and caused the waste of lives and money. When I teach backcountry navigation I often say that discovering and following a trail that seems to be going in the desired direction is more dangerous than bushwhacking completely off trail. Author's Note: This piece was actually one I originally submitted and had declined by Adirondack Life Magazine.It was recently published in The Adirondack Almanack's August 22, 2021 online edition.. Getting lost is much easier for traditional hikers, since any straying from the trail is a prime opportunity to get into trouble. She among other steamers sank during one of the Great Lakes most ferocious storms. Part of the fun for people like Kopp, myself, and many others, is the treasure hunt. One by one, they were killed in quarrels until but a single man was left, and he, in turn, was set upon by the resurrected victims and choked to death by their cold fingers. It was the famous downfall of Al Capone, after all. Further stories detailed how Dutch Schultz gave toys to sick kids, new jerseys for the town's semi-pro baseball team, money to the local churches, and dinners for everyone else in town. But that is what happened in Malone in the spring and summer of 1935. The frown of the gold monster grew more awful, the stare of his eye in the starlight more unbearable, and he was crouching and creeping as if for a spring. He fainted and awakened in the morning in his own chamber, where, to a neighbor who made an early call, he told with embellishments the story of the encounter. GT Parkers, 1 mile S (GT) Rector In Niagara county the steamer Alexander sank at Youngstown in 1915. Good article Dan. The second version states while the British were retreating from the battle for Fort Stanwix trying to run to Canada that they threw a cannon that was sealed and had gold inside into a swamp near the old Route 69. Somebody had accidentally opened it and had removed the treasure. The owner of an estate on Lloyds Neck, Long Island, had more wealth than he thought it was safe or easy to transport when he found the colonies rising against Britain in 1775, and flight was imperative, for he was known by his neighbors to be a Tory. A payroll chest that was intended for soldiers of the Revolutionary War was forced ashore in Chaumont Bay. Famous beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote "The Last Words of Dutch Schultz" based on the deathbed transcripts. Every time, I can still hear his words: if you get mixed up, just stop and I will come find you (thankfully, that never happened). The geology of New York State is not what you would expect for producing native gold, and it is believed that there are few if any noteworthy hard rock gold deposits within New York. The building of Great Camps during the 1880s and 1920s confirm the desire to escape to the Adirondacks for rest and relaxation. In 1760 a French Commander is said to have surrendered the Fort there to the British but before doing so he buried a treasure there worth between $10,000 to $100,000 on the Island. For all this, the old tree bore, for many years, an evil reputation. But one thing is for sure only Dutch Schultz and his bodyguard Bernard Lulu Rosenkrantz knows the real truth. There is no lost. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Dungeon Rock, of Lynn, is the places name ever since. The geology of New York State is not what you would expect for producing native gold, and it is believed that there are few if any noteworthy hard rock gold deposits within New York. They were also a collection point for refuse and debris. 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Catch up on all your Adirondacknews, delivered weekly to your inbox, Emotions high over proposed Old Forge housing project, Local history project takes high-tech approach. His motive for the crime may have been a fear that the slaves would aid the Americans in the approaching struggle or that they might return and dig up the wealth or reveal the hiding place to the kings enemies. As a bonus, you see and experience more of what and why you are out there in the first place. One day some hunters in the area found Clairieuxs home burned to the ground with the body of Julius Caesar lying next to it. A trapper, who was his only attendant in his last moments, dug over the ground floor of the hut and found a box containing a jeweled sword, costly trinkets, and letters that bore out the presumption of Follingsbys aristocratic origin. 6 of 41 7 of 41 Adirondac, Newcomb, NY. GT Wright, 4 miles NE of Putnam StationGT Cummings, 2 miles S of (GT) WrightGT Shelving Rock, 10 miles due W of Whiteall. One of the mines containing lead and silver, 18 miles southwest of Galena, was worked by seven men who could not agree on a division of the yield. PAUL BUCKOWSKI/HEARST Show More Show Less 8 of . It was so bad that Schultz and his men would have to strongarm speakeasy owners to purchase his horrible tasting brews. 27). Those coins dated to the 1500s so they could have been part of Clairieuxs lost treasure. Though he turned up many a rood of soil and sounded with his spade for bags and chests of gold, he found nothing. Wash it down with some water. Spanish reales were found on a hill at the junction of Military Road and highway 29 N of Herkimer. (When you tripped and broke your ankle you also smashed your emergency beacon.) The cabin was at the north end of Follensby Pond just where the Branch enters into the lake. The battle was for Fort Stanwix which is not the city of Rome, NY. In this article lost treasures of New York State, we will examine 14 of this states lost and hidden treasures. Evidently, though, the treasure is not. We know for certain that the same glacial deposits that are responsible for gold deposits all throughout the Midwest and Northeast have also left gold scattered all throughout New York State. Look at your map. When you think you might be lost, doing nothing but thinking may just make the difference between getting where you want to go and spending the night curled up under a log with toads crawling up your pants. Why anyone would ever come up with a rule like this is unknown, and even more bewildering is how it managed to stay on the books for over 230 years is hard to comprehend. Although there is no documentation that can back up this lost treasure story the second version could be possible because there are many swamps in the area of Rome, NY. Then he escaped to Nova Scotia, though he might as well have stayed at home, for the British possessed themselves of Long Island, and his house became a resort for red-coats and loyalists. The wealth of the Astors hardly exceeds the treasure that is supposed to be secreted here and there about the country, and thousands of dollars have been expended in dredging rivers and shallow seas and in blasting caves and cellars. Contributors include veteran local writers, historians, naturalists, and outdoor enthusiasts from around the Adirondack region. The legend says Hillig stole the money in a mid-air struggle, which left the two Nazis dead. That is what bushwhacking or hunting is all about. A farmer named Belknap dreamed several times of a buried treasure at this point, and he was told, in his vision, that if he would dig there at midnight, he could make it his own. He is also life-long naturalist with a Master of Science in Ecology from SUNY ESF and 10+ seasons working as a field biologist, five inside the Blue Line. Here were the front page headlines in the New York Times, April 16, 1935: * New York City gangster Dutch Schultz Contrast that to bushwhacking when knowledge of direction, terrain, and time are constantly on your mind every step of the way. In the case of being lost, stop, drop and roll has a totally different meaning than when applying it to fire safety. A pleasant hike in the Adirondack backcountry suddenly turns into a disaster. Once Federal Income Tax became a law in 1913, a whole new system of accounting, legislation, and enforcement began accumulating. May also be in Ulster or Greene Counties. He had left his mansion at Smiths Pond, New Hampshire, and was making it toward Portsmouth, where he was to enjoy the protection of the British fleet. The DEC had been slowly culling the number of lean-tos in the high peaks through the 1970's and early 80's as hiker volume increased. Getting lost is not directly responsible for their demise, panic is. He did work there for one day and was then found dead at the mouth of the old shaft with marks of bony fingers on his throat. To find the coin, Hillig is said to have left 25 clues behind to help locate it. Many B&B's in the Park to this day have a room that was once a Tavern, and one even has a secret room accessed by the typical swinging bookcase. Most of the gold that is to be found using the panning method will be located in these cracks and places around the slabs. This ghost town was a former mining settlement in the heart of the Adirondacks during the nineteenth century. Some say that this is but the will-o-the-wisp: the soul of a bad fellow who is doomed to wander in desolate regions because, after dying, Peter would not allow him to enter heaven, and the devil would not let him go into the other place, lest he should make the little devils unmanageable; but he is allowed to carry a light in his wanderings. In 1960 when bulldozing the area a man found $89,000 worth of coins which presumably are part of that treasure. Province Island, in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont, is believed to contain some of the profits of an extensive smuggling enterprise carried on near the lake for several years. Dan is absolutely correct about the need for everyone in a group to have at least basic knowledge and equipment to extract themselves, should the worst happen. With that said, glacial gold deposits are still present here just as in all of the other states in the Northeast, so there is definitely some gold to be found. It has many hiking trails all over the island. Take time to reflect on your predicament. In 1960 when bulldozing the area a man found $89,000 worth of coins which presumably are part of that treasure. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Caverns have frequently been used as hiding places for things of more or less value generally less. The Adirondacks are an amazing part of New York's history. I believe that my dad gave me the right attitude when I was very young (long before I was allowed to carry a gun) as he taught me to hunt with him, and how he gradually set me loose on what amounted to increasing solo bushwhacks to favored watch locations. River pirate Patterson buried a large cache in 1813 on banks of Chippewa creek. Gps can go out (everything made by man eventually breaks). The mien was threatening, the nose had reddened and extended, the hair was rumpled, and the brow was scowling. He had many tales of the nights he would be awakened by a man who was paying for gasoline for the line of trucks that would be showing up shortly. According to the Daily Mail, the legend of the Nazi loot has puzzled the people of Liberty for over 20 years after the local newspaper first wrote about it. In 1888, when a northeast gale had blown back the water of the river, a farmer living on the island discovered, just under the surface, a stone foundation built in a circular form, as if it had once supported a tower. He told the Daily Mail, "If the treasure is real, Otto Hillig would be exactly the type of person to hide it. GT Beaverkill, 3 miles SW of LewbeachGT Wamsley, 4 miles E of RocklandGT Tennanah, 5 miles SW Roscoe on n edge of Long LakeGT Aden, 3 miles NW of Neversink Many early settlers buried their treasures and valuables in case of Indian attacks. (LogOut/ the quarter part of it had disappeared; none could say how. By using this site you consent to the use of these cookies by various third-party partners such as Google and other advertisers. In the Blenheim Mountains, it is believed that the Indians that raided white settlements hid all the valuables at the peak of the mountains. With the aid of a crystal pebble, she received this really valuable information, but the pebble was not clear enough to reveal the exact place of the box. A Frenchman by the name of Clairieux and his companion named Julius Caesar lived on Grand Island now known as Buckhorn Island State Park in the late 1700s. The Dean Richmond was a propeller freighter that sunk off the coast of Lake Erie near Dunkirk, New York in the early morning hours of October 15, 1893. Quite a bit of this truck traffic happened on the back roads of the Adirondacks. This would be a good island to do some treasure hunting if you are ever in the area. So it was a bit of ironic justice when Dutch Schultz's second tax evasion trial was moved to Malone. 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