Penfield, Thomas
Thomas Penfield (fl. c. 1955 - 1990) was an American author and treasure hunter. He wrote several books revolving around lost and hidden American treasure troves, including Lost Treasure Trails, Dig Here!, Western Sheriffs and Marshals, and Around the World with the Fighting Yanks. He graduated from the University of Nebraska.
Lost Treasure!
Wild Bill Hickok Treasure Map.
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This is a 1952 Robert Glaubke pictorial map of the United States highlighting buried treasure. Small red 'X's mark the spots where buried treasure is presumed to be hidden. Wealth amassed by Spanish priests, Caribbean pirates, frontier miners, and Old West bandits is said to be hidden away anywhere from Los Angeles to the the high plains and the deserts of the American Southwest. Each location is accompanied by a sentence or two discussing the treasure is said to be buried there and, if it is known, how much wealth (usually gold) is purportedly waiting to be unearthed by the lucky and intrepid. Vignettes decorate the map, many which are violent clashes between Indians and the original bearer of the buried treasure. Large portraits of a plains Indian, a desperado, a bandit, and a conquistador, among others, line the top of the map. The whole is surrounded by a decorative border filled with the iconography of the Old West and the heyday of Caribbean Piracy. (more details)