KGCnewbieseeker
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can anyone help with info on the lost gold near rome ny? i know it was involved with the war but any and all info your willing to share would be appreciated. thank you in advance
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numnydar said:I heard the gold was payroll or something and sealed in the barrel of a cannon and buried in the swamp along old rt 69 and had been found
not sure of the truth to the find just what I heard
Rome is in Oneida County. The area is swampy all over the place, and the best bet at a map would be a period map. Clinton's ditch (The Erie Canal) was dug through there, the black river ran right next to Fort Stanwix and is long paved over, and the Mohawk River runs nearby. There is a lot of creeks and water and streams and swamp...
Good luck searching.
I researched treasure stories for ages and was also able to overlay some british maps of the area into google earth of the rome area which showed general location of 5 forts including stanwix
The gold story was payroll as the brits fled from stanwix trying to get to canada.They followed a route that is pretty much what is the present old route 69 and ditched the cannon in the swamp along that route
But the problem is that anyone from the area know that the whole area is swamp