The Red Ghost
The spring of 1883 was an uncertain time in the Arizona Territory. Geronimo had left [...]
The Lost Dutchman Mine Part Twelve: Conclusions
When I started this series on the Lost Dutchman Mine, I opened with the claim [...]
The Lost Dutchman Mine Part Eleven: The Stone Maps
The Dutchman is a complicated story, with few facts and endless conjecture. By the mid [...]
The Lost Dutchman Mine Part 9: The Peralta Family
By nearly every account, Jacob Waltz found his mine, rather than discovered it by prospecting. [...]
The Lost Dutchman Mine Part 8: The Mysterious Death of Adolf Ruth
In June of 1931, the hunt for the Lost Dutchman Mine would take one of [...]
The Lost Dutchman Mine Part 7: Brownie Holmes
One of the most intriguing figures embroiled in the Dutchman mystery was George “Brownie” Holmes. [...]
The Lost Dutchman Mine Part Six: Sims Ely
Sims Ely was born in Overton County Tennessee in 1862, spending his early years in [...]
The Lost Dutchman Mine Part 5: Jim Bark
Understanding the truth of Jacob Waltz’s lost mine is a bit like trying to assemble [...]
The Lost Dutchman Mine Part Four: The Petrasch Family and Dutchman Clues
The Petrasche family immigrated from Germany, arriving in the Phoenix area sometime in the mid [...]
The Lost Dutchman Mine: Part 3 Dick Holmes
Richard (Dick) James Holmes was born July 18, 1865 near Fort Whipple in what was [...]