6. See reference to Outremer in, for instance, Holy Blood, Holy Grail, pp. 72, 79.
7. James A. Swanson and Thomas J. Kollenborn, Circlestone: A Superstition Mountain Mystery (Apache Junction, Ariz.: Goldfield Press, 1986).
8. See Fox; photo section includes beehive on chart of the Scottish Rite, 1874, in Scottish Rite Museum, Lexington, Mass.
9. See paper by Army communications historian and former director of the Fort Huachucha, Arizona, Museum, Bruno J. Rolak, “General Miles’ Mirrors: The Heliograph in the Geronimo Campaign of 1886,” presented at the Fort Huachucha (June 1975) seminar on The History of the Indian-Spanish-American Southwest, 1598–1886. Also, see Report of Brig. Gen. Nelson A. Miles in Annual Report of the Secretary of War for the Year 1886 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1886), Vol. 1, pp. 173–75.
10. Ibid.
11. See Edwin Cole, The Gila: River of the Southwest (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press), p. 208.
17. EVIDENCE IN THE GROUND
1. All recovered items in possession of Heart Mountain Project.
2. J. Frank Dobie, Coronado’s Children (New York: Garden City, 1930), pp. 71–73.
3. See Glover, p. 336, for Tumlinson example.
4. Bernice and Jack McGee, Frontier Times, ibid., p. 13. The McGees write that Travis Tumlinson was directly linked to Peg Leg Tumlinson. Their article quotes alleged friends of Travis, the “Hansons,” as saying: “The name Tumlinson apparently springs from an ancient ancestor. Travis told us that it came from ‘Peg-Leg’ Tumlinson, who is mentioned in J. Frank Dobie’s Coronado’s Children.”
18. ARKANSAS: THE SENTINEL’S TREASURE
1. Griffith, in April 2002, telephone interview said that he “took a bank loan out,” to purchase the house.
2. See TreasureNet.com’s “Forum” section under “Treasure Hunting” heading. Go to archives and see references to Hillbilly Bob, HBB, Knights of the Golden Circle, KGC and Jesse James.
3. Copy of Howk letter in possession of Brewer.
4. Bob Berry, “When the James Boys, Famed Bandits, Visited Arkansas: Following Robbery in 1874 of Stage Coach Running between Malvern and Hot Springs, Band Said to Have Escaped by Way of Old Cove,” Mena Star, May 21, 1931.
5. The rifle is in the possession of the Brewer family, as are old photos showing it in hands of associates of Wiley, Will Ashcraft and others.
6. Letter and waybill concerning “Solomon’s Temple” treasure in Bob Brewer’s possession.
EPILOGUE—THE EUROPEAN CONNECTION
1. Richard Andrews and Paul Schellenberger, The Tomb of God: The Body of Jesus and the Solution to a 2,000-Year-Old Mystery (Boston/New York/Toronto/London: Little, Brown, 1996). Also see Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln, Holy Blood, Holy Grail (New York: Dell, 1983), cited earlier.
2. Andrews and Schellenberger. The many references throughout book include detailed decipherment of directional tangents depicted in paintings.
3. Ibid., p. 432.
4. See Yates, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment for names of Rosicrucian leading lights, such as John Dee.
5. See Andrews and Schellenberger, introduction.
6. Ibid., p. 183.
7. Baigent et al., pp. 196–97.
8. Ibid.
9. Henry Lincoln, Key to the Sacred Pattern: The Untold Story of Rennesle-Château (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1998), pp. 33–34.
10. There have been a number of insightful and, to be sure, speculative books published about the Oak Island mystery. The one that seems most balanced and relevant—in terms of its analysis of a possible Templar/Masonic connection at Oak Island—is Mark Finnan’s Oak Island Secrets: The Treasure and the Treasure Hunters (Halifax: Formac Publishing, 1997).
11. Finnan describes all of these artifacts as having been uncovered (and subsequently debated) by an assortment of Oak Island treasure hunters and history buffs.
Index
Abiff, Hiram, 223, 260
abolitionists, 17, 46–47, 52
Adamsville, Arizona site, 172, 199–201, 204, 230, 236, 238, 239–49
Addington/Monument Hill, Oklahoma site, 135–68, 212
landowner permission and, 154, 157–58, 160, 162, 164
Wolf Map and, 121–22, 135–68, 177, 212
Alabama, 73, 80, 183
alchemy, 108
American surveyor system of measurement, 34–35, 37–38, 39
anagrams, 91, 124–26, 136–42, 144, 146, 148, 173, 186–87, 196, 229–32
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. See Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
Anderson, “Bloody Bill,” 105
Andrews, Richard, 267–69
Apaches, 172, 237
Appomattox, 71, 104
arcanum, 220
Arizona, 48, 78, 80, 85, 109
Adamsville site, 172, 199–201, 204, 230, 236, 238, 239–49
Florence 1900 topographic map, 220–23, 228, 230, 234, 236, 240, 247
Heart Mountain Project (HMP), 178–80, 184–85, 193, 195, 199, 204–18, 221, 223–28, 233–34, 240–49
Lost Dutchman treasure, 168, 169–249
and Mexican-American War, 179
Peralta/Superstition stone tablets, 172–74, 178–79, 185, 187, 197–98, 200–201, 219–21, 223, 229, 232, 246, 267
sentinels in, 171, 180–85, 187–91, 213, 214–18, 230, 232
Arizona Brigade, 190–91
Arizona Desert Treasure map, 193, 198, 201–4, 241, 244
Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum, 173
Arizona State Museum, 205–6
Arkansas, 77, 80, 103, 183. See also Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas
Arkansas True Democrat, 60
Ashburn Treaty of 1842, 48
Ashcraft, Bessie (aunt), 7, 10, 14, 254
Ashcraft, Delia, 8, 10, 12
Ashcraft, Jeff, 256
Ashcraft, Nooks, 84
Ashcraft, Odis (Uncle Ode), 7–14, 28, 29, 32, 33, 83–84, 130–31, 229, 252, 254–58, 261, 262–63, 268
Ashcraft, William Daniel (Grandpa), 7–14, 28, 82, 83–84, 85, 88, 92, 130–31, 177, 229, 230, 232
death of “Mexican” on property, 9, 26–27, 28, 32, 34, 180
deer photo and Solomon’s Temple Treasure, 254–65
diary of, 8
mining claims of, 27, 28
astrology, 108
Atkins, Art, 24–25
Austria, 109
Authentic Exposition of the K.G.C., Knights of the Golden Circle; or, A History of Secession from 1834 to 1861, An (anonymous), 47–48, 51–52, 63–64, 66, 67, 79
Avants, Ed, 9, 84, 252, 263
Avants, Isom, 9, 83–84, 85, 87, 91, 252, 253, 261
“Memorandum” book of, 92, 130–31, 204, 263
Avants, John, 9, 83–84
Avants Mountain, Arkansas, 83, 87
Ayer, I. Winslow, 21, 64
Bacon, Francis, 140–41
Baconian cipher, 140–41, 179
Baigent, Michael, 267
Ballinger, Gene, 180–85, 193
Ballinger, George, 183–84
Ballinger, John, 183
Beauregard, Pierre G. T., 58
Beaver Creek, Oklahoma, 141–42, 144, 150–51
Benjamin, Judah P., 50, 68–69, 77–78, 266
Bethell, Robert, 65
Bible Tree (Map Tree), 9, 32–34, 93, 94–95, 116, 129, 137, 162, 179, 251–52, 266–67, 271
Bickley, George W. L., 16–21, 54, 62–64, 70, 71, 131, 149, 175
Bigelow, Charlie, 104, 105
Blalock, James, 92
Blalock Fields, Arkansas, 256
Blanchard, Jonathan, 46
Blevins, Wells, 146
Blood on the Moon (Steers), 70
“Blue Lodge” Masonry, 54, 64
Blue Sky, Arkansas, 256
Booth, John Wilkes, 15, 66–69, 113
Born in Blood (Robinson), 72–73
Boudinot, Elias, 58, 95
Breckinridge, John C., 53, 56–59, 69, 75, 77–78,
266
Brewer, Bob
Addington/Monument Hill, Oklahoma site, 135–68, 212
Bible Tree (Map Tree) and, 9, 32–34, 93, 94–95, 116, 129, 137, 162, 179, 251–52, 266–67, 271
“Bible Tree” videotape, 93, 116, 162
childhood in Arkansas, 4–13, 85
competitors of, 82–88, 90–91, 116–28, 135–68
field research on treasure markings, 29–41
first treasure find, 38–40
Heart Mountain Project (HMP) and, 178–80, 184–85, 193, 195, 204–18, 221, 223–28, 233–34, 240–49
Lost Dutchman treasure, Arizona, 177–249
return to Arkansas, 14, 24
second treasure find, 81–82
Solomon’s Temple treasure, Arkansas, 254–65
as state apiary inspector, 29
topographic layout of Brushy Creek, 25, 30, 34, 131
U.S. Navy service, 13–14, 25–26, 130, 214
as utilities superintendent, 31
Wapanucka, Oklahoma site, 116–28, 149, 152, 164–67
Wolf Map and, 121–22, 135–68, 177, 212
Brewer, Dave (brother), 9
Brewer, Jack (brother), 9, 11, 85, 258
Brewer, Landon (father), 4–6, 10, 14, 88, 117, 136
Brewer, Linda (wife), 14, 24, 27, 31, 38–40, 82, 88, 93, 117, 128, 137, 142, 150, 151, 153, 156, 158, 159, 167–68, 185, 252, 258–59, 272
Brewer, William (grandfather), 4
Brewer, Zetta (mother), 6
Brown, Jess “Goat,” 82, 83, 86–88, 252
Brown, Walter Lee, 62, 73, 80
Brushy Valley, Arkansas, 7–14, 25, 30, 84, 131, 212, 230, 252–65
Buchanan, James, 52, 56–58
Burnett, Henry Lawrence, 69–70
Buzzard’s Roost site, Arizona, 211, 238
Buzzard’s Roost site, Oklahoma, 149, 154
Calhoun, John C., 43, 46–47, 49, 50, 53, 67
California, 17, 48, 49, 78, 80, 94, 109, 132–34, 174–75, 187, 188, 189–91
Cameron, Simon, 65
Canada, 68–69, 70–71, 75, 78, 112, 182–83, 271–72
Canton, Texas, 22, 112
castles, 18, 58, 63, 175
Central America, 48
in “Golden Circle,” 17–18, 65
Century Magazine, 140
chains, 37, 39
Charleston, North Carolina, 22, 43–47, 49, 51, 55, 58
Chaumeil, Jean Luc, 270
Cherokee, 15, 54, 58, 59, 60–61, 95, 142–43, 181, 183
Cherokee Mounted Rifles, 61
Chickasaw, 59, 103, 122, 142–43, 145, 146, 149, 150–51
Chickasaw Rock Academy, 122, 126, 128
Chisholm, Jesse, 150
Chisolm Trail, 143–46, 148, 149, 150, 155, 156, 162–63
Chisolm Trail Lookout Monument, 146, 150, 153–55, 163–64
Choctaw, 59, 61, 103, 122, 142–43, 253
Circlestone, Arizona, 232–36, 238
Circlestone (Swanson and Kollenborn), 232–33
Civil War, 52, 97, 98, 189
Appomattox, 71, 104
Arizona Brigade, 190–91
Fort Sumter, 15, 58
Gettysburg, 16, 23, 65
Pea Ridge, Arkansas skirmish (1862), 60, 71
Reconstruction, 70–77, 97
Second War of Secession and, 15, 97
Vicksburg, 16, 23, 65 See also entries beginning with “Confederate”
Clay, Clement, 78
Clement V (pope), 44–45
Clinton, Bill, 31
Cobb, Howell, 52, 58
Cogburn, Henry Page, 89, 90
Cogburn, Melvin Mitchell, 88–90
coin shooting, 25
Colorado, 80, 103, 105, 109, 112
Colorado Springs, Colorado, 105, 112
Come Retribution (Tidwell et al.), 68
Comet Peak, Arizona, 223, 229, 238
compass, 28, 35–37, 129–30, 234, 255
Confederate Army Code, 94, 135, 137, 140–41, 157
Confederate Congress, 78
Confederate States of America
Indian nations and, 58–61
underground network, 76, 79, 80, 101, 109–11, 112–13
Conkling, Henry, 57
Continental Monthly, 20–21
Cooper, Douglas H., 122
Copperheads, 18, 19, 69, 149
Coronado’s Children (Dobie), 245–46
Cossatot (Arkansas) region, 117–18, 131, 252–65
Cotton South, 47
Courier (Hatch, New Mexico), 180–85
cowan (intruder), 1–2, 8, 155–56, 158–59, 218, 254
Craft Masonry, 54–55, 63, 179, 242
Cravey, James, 171
Creeks, 59–60
Crittenden, Thomas T., 104
Crowfoot Trail, 91
Crozier’s Peak, Arizona, 228, 229–30, 238
Cuba, 48, 50, 51, 77
in “Golden Circle,” 17–18, 272
Cushing, Caleb, 51–54, 57, 70, 71, 78, 79, 192, 223, 230, 252
Daily Oklahoman, 161–62, 164, 167
Dalton, Bud, 103
Dalton, J. Frank (Jesse Woodson James), 79, 98–114, 116, 119, 129, 154, 157, 188, 191–93, 212, 246, 260, 263, 265
Dana, Charles A., 140
Dark Lanterns (Klement), 17
Davies, William, 78
Davis, Jefferson, 52, 56, 60, 67, 69–70, 112, 187–88, 191
Davis, William C., 77
Delaware Creek, Oklahoma, 122, 124
de Soto, Hernando, 3
despotism, 18
Diddler, Jeremy, 20–21
Dinosaur Mountain, Arizona, 201, 238
Dobie, J. Frank, 245–46
Dobson, Joe, 28
Dobson, William Chambers, 27–28, 180, 230, 252–53, 255, 263
Doe Hole, Arkansas, 256
Douglas, Stephen, 57, 67
Dray, Philip, 73
Dromedary Peak, Arizona, 191, 221, 229, 238
Duncan, Robert L., 59
Edwards, John Newman, 98
electromagnetic induction tools, 134
El Monte, California, 175, 187–88, 189–90
England, 70–71, 77, 112, 266, 271
Entered Apprentice, 54
Equity AU, 25–26
European Freemasonry, 108
Ewing, Thomas, 65
Fellow Craft, 54
Fisher, Mel, 25–26
Five Civilized Tribes, 59, 60, 61
Florence, Arizona site, 230, 233–34
Florence 1900 topographic map, 220–23, 228, 230, 234, 236, 240, 247
Florida, 73, 80, 94, 109, 182–83
Floyd, John B., 52
Foner, Eric, 76–77
Ford, Bob, 97, 104
Ford, Charley, 104
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 72–73, 75–76, 112
Forrester, Izola, 68
Fort Arbuckle, Oklahoma, 140, 141–42, 147–48
Fort McDowell, Arizona, 229
Fort Pillow, Tennessee, 75
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 148
Fort Smith, Oklahoma, 148
Fox, William, 74, 76, 107
France, 44–45, 55, 109, 267–72
Frank and Jesse James (Yeatman), 106–7
Fraser, John J. “Jack,” 228
Fraser, Simon, 228
Freemasonry. See also Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
Freemasons, 44–45, 223, 228
French, Benjamin, 71
Fretz, Don, 86–88, 90, 92, 250
Frontier Times magazine, 84, 89–90
furlongs, 34, 37
Gadsden, James, 179
Gadsden Purchase, 179
Ganis, Robert, 101–2
Gardner, Elwin, Sr., 205
Gardner, Elwin “Ellie,” 199, 205, 207–18, 234, 239, 240–49, 250
Garrison, William Lloyd, 52
Gazette-Telegraph (Colorado Springs), 105
geometry traditions, Masonic, 130–31
Georgia, 73, 80, 93–94, 95, 109,
174, 180, 188
Germany, 55, 109
Geronimo, 201, 204, 237
Gettysburg, 16, 23, 65
Gila River, Arizona, 221, 222, 223, 233
Gillespie, Ceci, 126–27, 152, 165–67
Gillespie, Jo Anne, 126–27, 152, 165–67
Global Positioning System (GPS), 129–30, 163, 207, 210, 220, 234, 248
Glover, Samuel T., 65
Glover, T. E., 174
“Golden Circle,” 17–18, 48, 94
GPS (Global Positioning System), 129–30, 163, 207, 210, 220, 234, 248
Grant, Ulysses S., 76
Grayback Mountain, Arizona, 191, 198, 201, 210, 221, 229, 234, 238, 243, 244, 247–48
Great Conspiracy, The (anonymous), 67–68
Great European-American Emigration Land Co., 192
Great North-Western Conspiracy, The (Ayer), 21, 64
great seal, 19, 62–63
greenbacks, 191
Griffith, Charles, 120–22
Griffith, Michael
Addington/Monument Hill, Oklahoma site, 135–68, 177, 212, 250–51
Daily Oklahoman article, 161–62, 164, 167
videotapes of, 121, 128, 165
Wapanucka, Oklahoma site, 116–28, 149, 152, 164–67
Wolf Map and, 121–22, 135–68
Hackworth, Ray, 166
Hadji Ali (Hi Jolly), 191
Hall, Frank O., 98–99
Hardcastle, Bud, 116, 117, 119, 149, 162–63, 164, 250
Harris, Jim, 27–28
Harris, Tutt, 27–28
Hatfield, John, 26
Hatfield, Tandy A., 26–27
Heart Mountain Project (HMP), 178–80, 184–85, 193, 195, 199, 204–18, 221, 223–28, 233–34, 240–49
heliograph, 237–38
Hewitt, Roy (alias of Jesse Woodson James), 107, 192, 228
Hewitt Ranch, Arizona, 192–93, 196–97, 228
Hewitt Ridge, Arizona, 238
Hicks, Jack, 252–53, 256
Hicks, William, 26
Hindman, Thomas, 60
Hines, Thomas, 69–70, 75, 78
History of the Great Rebellion (Kettell), 64
Hohokam Indians, 173
Holt, Joseph, 42–43, 69
Holt Report, 42–43, 61, 69, 103, 112
Holy Blood, Holy Grail (Baigent et al.), 267–71
Horan, James D., 70
Hot Springs, Arkansas robbery (1874), 4, 5, 12, 13, 253
House Undivided (Roberts), 64
Howard, Charles (alias of Jesse Woodson James), 107
Howard, John Davis (alias of Jesse James), 107
Howk, Orvus Lee (Jesse James III/Jesse Lee James), 93–95, 99–114, 131–35, 153–54, 159, 188, 191, 192, 201, 213, 246, 252, 257, 260, 263, 269
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