Utah legend tells of caverns filled with caches of Spanish Gold hidden before the arrival of Escalante and Dominguez. Since then, there have been those who have hunted for lost treasure, and some even claimed to have found it. Wednesday, we're telling and hearing the tales of golden caches hidden in Utah's mountains and we'll see how they stack up to the academic history of our state’s past. (Rebroadcast)
GUESTS
- Will Bagley is a historian of the American West and the author of many books including With Golden Visions Bright Before Them: Trails to the Mining West, 1849-1852.
- Ken Sanders is the owner of Ken Sanders Rare Books and its in-house publishing company Dream Garden Press, whose first published title in 1980 dealt with some of Utah's lost gold mines.
- Lee Nelson, the author of many books, including a series of historical novels called The Storm Testaments.