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New Harmony Located on the Wabash River, Posey Cty. This area is of historical significanse. In the early 1800's it was settled by both the Lutherans and the Welsh. At first, New Harmony was settled as an experiment for communal living. By the late 1820's it was abandoned. Some of the original buildings still stand. If you can get permission to search here, there may be treasures, or relics. Pigeon Roost Located on U.S. 31, just south of Underwood in Scott Cty. This area was settled in 1809. Three years after settling, every settler was massacred by Shawnee Indians, and the settlement was burned down. A mass grave was used to bury the victims. Marshfield Located in Warren Cty, near the Illinois State Line. Four bandits in the late 1800's, stole approximately $80,000 in gold bullion from a passenger train. Also included in the robbery was a large amount of coins and paper currency. A few days after the robbery, a safe was found and the bandits were caught. They were then hung without revealing where the stolen loot was located. Rockford Located near State rte 31A in Jackson Cty. In 1868 the Reno Brothers hid a safe containing $80,000. The safe was stolen from a train. The brothers fled to Canada because of being chased by a posse. Supposedly the safe has never been recovered. Michigan City On the shores of Lake Michigan in Laport Cty, near this city is a cave that supposedly holds 2000 cases of whiskey. The cases were stolen by gangster Al Capones henchmen. Today the estimated worth of the whiskey is approximately $1,000,000.
Indiana lost treasures may be located in ghost towns.
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