Gypsy Heart
Gold Member
On October 24, 1879 an article in the Cass County Times-Courier described the location of a hidden Spanish treasure near Harrisonville, Missouri. The text read:
"Before being massacred by attacking Indians in 1772, several hundred Spaniards buried 15 loads of gold averaging 130 pounds each and 1,000 bars of silver weighing an average of 20 pounds to the bar... in the area four or five miles west and one or one and one-half miles north of Harrisonville. The silver was buried within one-fourth of a mile of where the present day Rodman School is standing; the gold is three fourths of a mile farther northwest.”
More than fifty years later, a construction crew was building a bridge in 1930. The location was several miles southeast of the old Rodman School. During the excavation, the crew found evidence of a battle between the Spanish and the Indians, locating old weapons, skeletons, and part of old armor.
Harrisonville has dramatically grown in the last several years, so locating the exact location of the old Rodman School will, no doubt, require some sleuthing skills.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Notes from Gypsy:
Rodman school is located on Treasure Rd (no lie) and E 243 rd st...outside of Harrisonville.....
see map
http://missouri.hometownlocator.com/maps/feature-map,ftc,2,fid,725529,n,Rodman School.cfm
photo below...This is real close to the Hawkins Farm...within two miles
"Before being massacred by attacking Indians in 1772, several hundred Spaniards buried 15 loads of gold averaging 130 pounds each and 1,000 bars of silver weighing an average of 20 pounds to the bar... in the area four or five miles west and one or one and one-half miles north of Harrisonville. The silver was buried within one-fourth of a mile of where the present day Rodman School is standing; the gold is three fourths of a mile farther northwest.”
More than fifty years later, a construction crew was building a bridge in 1930. The location was several miles southeast of the old Rodman School. During the excavation, the crew found evidence of a battle between the Spanish and the Indians, locating old weapons, skeletons, and part of old armor.
Harrisonville has dramatically grown in the last several years, so locating the exact location of the old Rodman School will, no doubt, require some sleuthing skills.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Notes from Gypsy:
Rodman school is located on Treasure Rd (no lie) and E 243 rd st...outside of Harrisonville.....
see map
http://missouri.hometownlocator.com/maps/feature-map,ftc,2,fid,725529,n,Rodman School.cfm
photo below...This is real close to the Hawkins Farm...within two miles
