horseshoe symbol, 84, 243
horse symbol, 10, 30, 173, 179, 195, 196–97, 205, 207–8, 211, 221, 223, 224–26, 232, 238, 243, 244, 247, 271
infinity symbol, 209–10
jack-o’-lantern symbol, 211, 247, 256–57
Jesse James maps, 116–19, 121–24, 135–68
landscaping, 207–8
Madrugada map, 146–51, 154, 156, 163, 165
mule symbol, 30
Peralta/Superstition stone tablets, 172–74, 178–79, 185, 187, 197–98, 200–201, 219–21, 223, 229, 232, 246, 267
priest-templar symbol, 173, 179–80, 198, 221, 228, 229, 230, 244, 247
pyramid symbol, 236, 239, 257
radiant sun symbol, 135, 148
rising sun symbol, 12, 142
rock carvings, 10, 11–12, 30, 34–35, 93, 118, 119, 122–25, 154, 175, 207, 257
rock piles, 11, 30, 35, 247–48
rose symbol, 242, 246, 272
skull symbol, 63, 211, 215, 242, 243, 247, 267, 272
snake symbol, 10, 11, 30, 84, 94, 158
Solomon’s Temple treasure, Arkansas, 254–65
Spider Rocks of Texas, 194–95, 204
square symbol, 131–32, 230, 231
templates/overlays for, 131–33, 167, 204, 208, 220, 229–31, 236–37, 247
tree carvings, 10, 30, 32–35, 83, 84, 90–95, 115, 119–20, 257, 272
triangle symbol, 265
turkey track symbol, 10, 94, 106, 124, 125, 135, 215
turtle symbol, 10, 30, 84, 106, 123–26
U.S. military survey map, 143
vice-versa symbol, 135, 148
Wapanucka (Oklahoma) site, 116–28, 149, 152, 164–67
window rock symbol, 215, 216–17
Wolf Map, 121–22, 135–68, 177, 212 See also surveying methods
triangulations, 39–40, 90, 130, 134, 229, 236, 238, 256–57
Tumlinson, “Peg Leg,” 245
Tumlinson, Travis, 246
Twin Springs legend, 84, 94–95
Uncommon Men (Ganis), 101–2
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 206, 248
U.S. Camel Corps, 191
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 206
U.S. Department of the Interior, 206
U.S. Forest Service, 2, 206, 248
U.S. General Services Administration, 206
U.S. Geological Survey, 30, 180, 185–86, 192, 197, 200–201, 228
U.S. Library of Congress, 42
U.S. mint coins, 40–41
U.S. National Archives, 19
U.S. News & World Report, 97, 171–72
U.S. Signal Corps, 237–38
Utah, 80
Vallandingham, Clement L., 19, 21–22, 52, 71
Vanity Fair, 52
Vickery, Stan, 93–95, 131, 153, 164–65, 167
Vicksburg, 16, 23, 65
Virginia, 67, 80, 103
Waitman, Leonard B., 188–89
Walker, Henry J., 114
Walker, Tandy, 103
Wallace, William, 228–29
Wall Street Journal, 170, 172
Waltz, Jacob, 169–72, 174–76, 187–91, 199, 211, 220, 230, 239, 269–70
Wapanucka, Oklahoma site, 116–28, 149, 152, 164–67
Wapanucka Academy, 122, 126, 128
War of 1812, 46
Warren, Robert Penn, 44
Washington (state), 80
Watie, Chief Stand, 15, 60–61, 95, 122
Weekly Patriot, 190
Weiser, Jacob, 172
Whisenhunt, Dick, 89
White Hole, Arkansas, 256
Who Owns History? (Foner), 76–77
Wild Cat Bluff, Arkansas, 103
Wiley, William Martin, 13, 14, 28, 89, 180, 230, 232, 252–54, 257, 260, 261
Wilson, Francis, 66–67
Wilson, Steve, 146–48, 149, 156
Wolf Map, 121–22, 135–68, 177, 212
Woodson, James J., 131, 135, 247
Wright, Phineas C., 19
writ of habeas corpus, 18
Wyoming, 80, 103, 109
Yancey, William L., 66
Yeatman, Ted, 106–7
York Rite Freemasonry, 54
Young America movement, 70
Younger, Thomas Coleman, 79, 94, 105, 112
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Shadow of the sentinel : one man’s quest to find the hidden treasure of the Confederacy/
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1. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Antiquities. 2. Confederate States of
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5. Treasure-trove—Southern States. 6. Treasure-trove—West (U.S.) 7. Knights of the Golden
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