Join me, Mark Hamilton, on a gripping journey through the pressing issues facing Wyoming today. Feel the heat as we tackle the searing weather and potential arson-fueled wildfires menacing Yellowstone Park, threatening homes and communities. Ever wondered about the impact of such disasters and the need for accountability? I'll voice my concerns and reflections. Plus, hear a heartfelt letter from Paul Harvey, brimming with timeless wisdom for future generations, and delve into the recent stock market chaos that’s causing widespread distress over retirement funds. This episode is a blend of current events, personal insights, and practical advice, designed to keep you informed and inspired.
Venture into the wild west with our thrilling stories "The Treasure of Hallelujah Gulch" and "Western Wyoming Treasure Hunt." Follow a relentless sheriff and his posse as they chase down outlaws in a dramatic shootout, leading to a hidden treasure hunt that spans years and captures the imagination. Then, uncover the secrets of stagecoach robberies near ancient ruins, pondering the lore and spirit of Wyoming with me. These captivating tales showcase the rugged landscape and resilient spirit of its people, celebrating the undying pursuit of dreams. Don't miss this multifaceted episode that promises both the latest updates and enchanting stories of the Old West.
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Speaker 1 (00:20):
Good morning and welcome to let's Talk Wyoming.
I'm Mark Hamilton, your hostToday.
We'll be talking about our hotWyoming weather, some happenings
in the stock market, and a lotof it isn't very positive.
We'll also have a story fromPaul Harvey.
We'll share a little bit ofwisdom from the good book and
we'll talk about the robberythat took place at Hallelujah
(00:43):
Gulch.
Thanks for joining us and Ihope you enjoy the show.
Look at Wyoming weather here onthe 30th day of July.
(01:04):
Yes, july is almost over, thankgoodness.
Looking out the window, as Imentioned last week, nothing but
smoke outside.
Another warning for sensitivebreathing situations, sensitive
air out there.
It's just totally unbelievablewhat's happening here right now.
Reported a new fire up on theeast gate of the Yellowstone
(01:27):
Park outside of Cody and it isgetting larger.
The current report is that1,000 acres.
There's a lot of homes andother facilities up there that
are in the line of this fire andI've looked at maps here
recently and they're just allover the west right now and I
think a lot of these are beingset intentionally.
(01:49):
This has happened before.
They've arrested people thatare doing this.
It's an absolute crime.
These people should be thrownin prison for quite a long time.
This is a crime against ourhumanity doing something like
this to our forest.
But it is definitely hot rightnow.
We had a little bit of a breakover the weekend.
(02:11):
A little bit of a storm camethrough, a little rain, but
we're back up to 90.
And of course, the wind's beenblowing.
It's just miserable.
Everybody out there is justmiserable.
It's affecting a lot of thestuff going on in the area.
So here is the 30th, and thismay be one of those years that
we get away from this later on,late in the fall, when we may
(02:34):
get some late rain.
Snow is that wet snow, but Iknow years in the past that it's
been some of these fires.
They don't die out until wintercomes, so it could be a long
rest of the summer and a longfall heading into winter here in
the state of Wyoming.
(02:55):
Today I'd like to share a storyfrom Paul Harvey, and this is
Paul Harvey's letter to hisgrandchildren.
We tried so hard to make thingsbetter for our kids that we
made them worse For mygrandchildren.
I'd like better.
I'd really like for them toknow about hand-me-down clothes
and homemade ice cream andleftover meatloaf sandwiches.
(03:17):
I really would hope you wouldlearn humility by being
humiliated and that you learnhonesty by being cheated.
I hope you learn to make yourown bed and mow the lawn and
wash the car, and I really hopenobody gives you a brand new car
when you are 16.
It will be good if at least onetime you can see puppies born
(03:39):
and your old dog put to sleep.
I hope you get a black eyefighting for something you
believe in.
I hope you have to share abedroom with your younger
brother or sister and it's allright if you have to draw a line
down the middle of the room,but when he wants to crawl under
the covers with you becausehe's scared, I hope you let him
in.
When you want to see a movieand your little brother or
(04:02):
sister wants to tag along, Ihope you'll let them.
I hope you have to walk uphillto school with your friends and
that you live in a town whereyou can do it safely On rainy
days.
When you have to catch a ride,I hope you don't ask your driver
to drop you two blocks away soyou won't be seen riding with
(04:22):
someone as uncool as your mom.
If you want a slingshot, I hopeyour dad teaches you how to
make one instead of buying one.
I hope you learn to dig in thedirt and read books when you
learn to use computers.
I hope you also learn to addand subtract in your head.
I hope you get teased by yourfriends when you have your first
crush on a boy or girl and whenyou talk back to your mother
(04:45):
that you learned what ivory soaptastes like.
May you skin your knee climbinga mountain, burn your hand on a
stove and stick your tongue ona frozen flagpole.
I don't care if you try beeronce, but I hope you don't like
it.
And if a friend offers you dopeor a joint, I hope you realize
he or she is not your friend.
(05:05):
I sure hope you make time tosit on the porch with your
grandma or grandpa and gofishing with your uncle.
May you feel sorrow at afuneral and joy during the
holidays.
I hope your mother punishes youwhen you throw a baseball
through your neighbor's windowand that she hugs you and kisses
you at Christmas time when yougive her a plaster mold of your
(05:27):
hand.
These things I wish for you aretough times and disappointment,
hard work and happiness.
To me it's the only way toappreciate life.
And another great piece fromPaul Harvey again, through the
years of listening every day atlunch to Paul Harvey and the
rest of the story, it's alwaysgreat to hear additional wisdom
(05:49):
from Paul Harvey In other newsthat is affecting our state and
our nation.
Here on Monday morning, the 5th,the stock market has had a
major setback.
I saw some reports on this on XSunday night about expecting
this to happen and boy it wasamazing.
I tried to get on my Fidelityaccount this morning to maybe
(06:14):
sell a few stocks.
They were having technicaldifficulties.
So probably what was happening?
They were just getting crashedwith the amount of people that
were trying to bail out of themarket, worrying that we'd have
a total collapse.
People have talked about this.
I've heard a lot of experts sayit was coming and you just
don't think it's going to happen.
(06:34):
I have diversified a lot of mystuff but 401k, retirement stuff
is all in stocks and bonds andsuch at a large brokerage house
and you just start to wonderabout people across the country
how they're feeling today whenthey looked at their 401k and
(06:54):
what they were going to have forretirement.
Again, we just hope that withsome time that this possibly can
come back, but right as of now,where we are in the country,
with everything going on, Idon't know how quickly that's
going to happen so definitely aday that a lot of people are
going to remember on the 5th ofAugust 2024.
(07:16):
We'll see what happens on themarket in the next week to 10
days, if it does rebound at all.
A lot of this was started Iguess mostly it was started from
the collapse in Japan withtheir economy.
They've been in a major setbackand of course, this is a world
(07:36):
market and everything kind ofgoes that direction, and then it
can help again.
We're talking about wars thatare potentially happening in the
Middle East.
I thought we were maybe goingto avoid something, but it's
gotten reignited and I thinkit's going to just spiral out of
control.
If we have that situation, thenour energy prices will go
(07:58):
through the roof if there isproblems in the Gulf.
So these next few months mightbe a little rocky, heading into
our November election, and a lotof experts said there was going
to be a black swan event tohappen and people are starting
to wonder.
Maybe this is the true facts ofthings, but for everyone out
(08:21):
there, I guess it's the time.
I hope you had a lot of dollarsstuffed under your bed in that
secret hiding spot.
You might need them in theweeks ahead.
And finally, reading a versethat I want to share that I ran
across yesterday and I think ithas a lot of bearing on where we
are, and this comes from 2Timothy 4, 2 through 4.
(08:43):
Preach the word of Godpatiently, correct, rebuke and
encourage your people with goodteaching, for a time is coming
when people will no longerlisten to sound and wholesome
teaching.
They will follow their owndesires and will look for
teachers who will tell themwhatever their itching ears want
to hear.
They will reject the truth andchase after myths.
(09:07):
Today in our history section,we want to share an interesting
story from the lost mines andburied treasures of Old Wyoming
by WC Jameson Hallelujah GulchRobbery Loot.
Suitwater County in thesouthwestern part of Wyoming was
(09:29):
the location of dozens ofstagecoach robberies from the
late 1860s through the 1880s.
A number of outlaw gangs workedthe region and tens of
thousands of dollars were lostto them by the stage companies
and their passengers.
One such gang was composed ofseven or eight unnamed toughs,
(09:50):
save for one, matt Borden.
His identity was learned.
The gang had great success,robbing the Hudson to Downing
Stages, a place known as theNarrows near Green River.
After robbing a coach of itsmailbags and strongbox, the
outlaws known as the HallelujahGulch Gang took money, watches
(10:11):
and jewelry from the passengersand sometime, it was reported,
even their boots.
After each robbery, the gangretreated to the Hallelujah
Gulch, the remote canyon throughwhich flowed a small stream
that eventually joined the GreenRiver.
A short distance away, duringone robbery in 1886, the gang
took a $31,000 shipment of goldcoins.
(10:32):
It was the act that finallytipped the scales against them.
Law enforcement officials,along with the operators of the
stagecoach line, decided theyhad enough of the Hallelujah
Gulch gang and it was time toput them out of business once
and for all.
After assembling a posse of adozen men, the sheriff followed
the gang's trail from therobbery site into Hallelujah
(10:54):
Gulch.
The lawmen rode cautiously intothe gulch, an ideal place for
an ambush.
They traveled nearly the entirelength of the canyon without
mishap, and in the deepestrecesses of the gulch they
spotted a plume of smoke comingfrom the chimney of a rock and
log cabin ahead.
They suspected, correctly, thatthis was the hiding place of
(11:15):
the gang.
After looking around to makecertain, no guards were posted,
the sheriff and his deputiesdismounted and crept on foot
towards the cabin, revolvers andrifles at the ready.
One of the deputies moved tothe side of the cabin, put his
ear to the unclinked spaces inthe logs and determined that the
men inside were playing cardsand their attention was focused
(11:36):
on their poker game.
After receiving briefinstructions from the sheriff,
the lawmen burst into the cabin,withdrawn revolvers, ordered
the men inside to raise theirhands.
Instead, the outlaws pulledtheir own guns and a shootout
ensured in the close quarters.
Every one of the outlaws waskilled, except for Matt Borden,
who received a serious wound.
(11:57):
Two lawmen suffered woundswhich were bandaged, and the men
were declared fit enough totravel.
Because Borden was bleedingheavily, the lawman suspected he
wouldn't live long Holding agun to his head.
They questioned him about thegold coins and other stagecoach
robbery loot taken during theprevious months.
Borden pretended to faint andacted like he was unconscious,
(12:19):
and acted like he wasunconscious when the posse
members were distracted whiletreating their own wounded.
He crawled away, mounted ahorse and rode out of Hallelujah
Gulch before anyone realized hewas gone.
By the time Borden reached thetown of Green River, he realized
he would die if his wound didnot receive some attention.
It was midnight when he bangedon the door of a doctor's office
(12:40):
pleading for help.
By the time the town doctoropened the door, borden had
collapsed to the porch in afaint.
The doctor dragged Bordeninside, placed him on a table
and treated his wounds.
But he was not optimistic thathis nighttime visitor would live
until dawn.
When he had done what he couldfor the stranger, he carried him
(13:00):
into a spare room and placedhim on the bed.
When the doctor checked onBorden in the morning, he was
surprised to find the injuredman awake.
As the doctor removed thebandages from his previous night
, cleaned the wounds and appliednew wrappings, borden confessed
who he was and why he had beenshot.
At first the doctor believed hisown life might be in peril, but
(13:21):
Borden was submissive andnon-threatening.
As the doctor cleaned thewounds, borden bragged about how
many stagecoaches the gang hadrobbed and how much loot they
had taken.
The gang had used some of themoney and gold to purchase
supplies in town, he said, butmost of it was buried in
Hallelujah Gulch.
The outlaws intended to rob afew more stage and leave the
(13:45):
area for good.
Borden told the doctor.
All his companions had beenkilled and as soon as he was
able to travel he would returnto the Gaults and dig up the
money for himself.
He would be rich, he said, andhe would travel to California
where he planned to live like aking.
When the doctor gave Borden thebad news, he told the outlaw
that he didn't expect him tolive more than a few hours.
(14:07):
He had lost so much blood andhis wound was fatal.
The diagnosis angered Bordenand he threatened to shoot the
physician.
When the reality of thesituation finally sunk in,
however, borden broke down andcried During the day.
He went astray and fell in withthese bad men.
An hour later, borden called thedoctor into the room.
He thanked him for the effortsto save his life and said he
(14:30):
wanted to tell him where thelocation was of the buried loot
at Hallelujah Gulch.
He said the hiding place was sosimple it would be the first
place the search party wouldoverlook.
Borden asked the doctor for apencil and a piece of paper so
he could draw a map.
The doctor went to fetch therequested items, but when he
(14:50):
returned, borden said he wastired and wanted to sleep for a
while.
When the doctor looked in onhim.
An hour later the outlaw wasdead.
He had written nothing on thepiece of paper.
At the first opportunity, thedoctor informed the sheriff
about the patient and told himthe outlaw said about the
treasure buried in HallelujahGulch.
He related what Borden saidabout the treasure being cached
(15:14):
in an obvious place.
The sheriff passed thisinformation along to an official
at the stage line.
Together, the two agenciesorganized a group of men to
search for the canyon in hope offinding the loot and returning
it to the stage company.
Though they searched for days,they found nothing.
During the 1930s, an aged hermittook up residence in the outlaw
(15:35):
cabin in Hallelujah Gulch.
From time to time the old mantraveled to Green River where he
worked odd jobs for a few daysto make some money to buy food,
and returned to the canyon.
During his stay in the cabinthe hermit was plagued by pack
rats, so he decided to try tofind their nest and rid the
place of them.
He found a small opening in therocks on one of the walls where
(15:58):
the rodents came and went.
He followed the narrow rodenttrail from the cabin to a
location several yards away and,after moving a few rocks and
branches, found the nest.
The hermit pulled apart thenest, but as he did he spotted
the edge of a leather pouch thatappeared to have been buried in
the ground.
He lifted the pouch from theground, opened it and poured out
(16:18):
sixteen twenty-dollar goldpieces.
The following day the hermittook his newfound wealth into
Green River and began orderingdrinks at a tavern.
After five or six drinks hebecame quite inebriated and
began bragging about hisdiscovery of gold in the pack
grout's nest.
He did not, however, revealthat the location was in
(16:39):
Hallelujah Gulch.
Several hours later, when theold man staggered out of the bar
, he stepped into the street infront of a pair of speeding
horses pulling a wagon.
The horse rode him down.
Patrons of the tavern carriedthe hermit to the doctor's house
and explained what had happened.
The old man had several brokenbones and a punctured lung and
was bleeding internally.
(16:59):
The physician promised that hewould do what he could, but
moments later the old man died.
He never revealed the source ofthe gold coins because no one
ever associated the old hermitwith hallelujah galtz.
Until many years later there wasno effort to travel through the
canyon to search for the oldcabin and the cache.
Furthermore, at the time, manyresidents of green river
(17:21):
believed outlaws were stillliving there.
Years later, when the outlawgang had been driven from the
area, someone still occasionallyentered hallelujah gulch in
hope of finding the buried loot.
Though many encountered thecabin deep in the canyon, no one
has been able to find the cacheand the walls have mostly
tumbled down.
Thick brush has grown up aroundthe site and a visitor must be
(17:52):
wary of rattlesnakes that dineon the pack rats In an unknown
location.
A short distance behind theruins lie the spoils of several
stagecoach robberies.
Researchers estimate the valueof the cash to be nearly $1
million.
I guess how lowly a gulchOpportunity for some riches at
(18:14):
Gold Lute would be quite a find.
Thanks for joining us today andwe hope you enjoy our podcast.
As per the Code of the West, weride for the brand and we ride
for Wyoming.
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Thank you.
Good morning and welcome to let's Talk Wyoming.
I'm Mark Hamilton, your hostToday.
We'll be talking about our hotWyoming weather, some happenings
in the stock market, and a lotof it isn't very positive.
We'll also have a story fromPaul Harvey.
We'll share a little bit ofwisdom from the good book and
we'll talk about the robberythat took place at Hallelujah
(00:43):
Gulch.
Thanks for joining us and Ihope you enjoy the show.
Look at Wyoming weather here onthe 30th day of July.
(01:04):
Yes, july is almost over, thankgoodness.
Looking out the window, as Imentioned last week, nothing but
smoke outside.
Another warning for sensitivebreathing situations, sensitive
air out there.
It's just totally unbelievablewhat's happening here right now.
Reported a new fire up on theeast gate of the Yellowstone
(01:27):
Park outside of Cody and it isgetting larger.
The current report is that1,000 acres.
There's a lot of homes andother facilities up there that
are in the line of this fire andI've looked at maps here
recently and they're just allover the west right now and I
think a lot of these are beingset intentionally.
(01:49):
This has happened before.
They've arrested people thatare doing this.
It's an absolute crime.
These people should be thrownin prison for quite a long time.
This is a crime against ourhumanity doing something like
this to our forest.
But it is definitely hot rightnow.
We had a little bit of a breakover the weekend.
(02:11):
A little bit of a storm camethrough, a little rain, but
we're back up to 90.
And of course, the wind's beenblowing.
It's just miserable.
Everybody out there is justmiserable.
It's affecting a lot of thestuff going on in the area.
So here is the 30th, and thismay be one of those years that
we get away from this later on,late in the fall, when we may
(02:34):
get some late rain.
Snow is that wet snow, but Iknow years in the past that it's
been some of these fires.
They don't die out until wintercomes, so it could be a long
rest of the summer and a longfall heading into winter here in
the state of Wyoming.
(02:55):
Today I'd like to share a storyfrom Paul Harvey, and this is
Paul Harvey's letter to hisgrandchildren.
We tried so hard to make thingsbetter for our kids that we
made them worse For mygrandchildren.
I'd like better.
I'd really like for them toknow about hand-me-down clothes
and homemade ice cream andleftover meatloaf sandwiches.
(03:17):
I really would hope you wouldlearn humility by being
humiliated and that you learnhonesty by being cheated.
I hope you learn to make yourown bed and mow the lawn and
wash the car, and I really hopenobody gives you a brand new car
when you are 16.
It will be good if at least onetime you can see puppies born
(03:39):
and your old dog put to sleep.
I hope you get a black eyefighting for something you
believe in.
I hope you have to share abedroom with your younger
brother or sister and it's allright if you have to draw a line
down the middle of the room,but when he wants to crawl under
the covers with you becausehe's scared, I hope you let him
in.
When you want to see a movieand your little brother or
(04:02):
sister wants to tag along, Ihope you'll let them.
I hope you have to walk uphillto school with your friends and
that you live in a town whereyou can do it safely On rainy
days.
When you have to catch a ride,I hope you don't ask your driver
to drop you two blocks away soyou won't be seen riding with
(04:22):
someone as uncool as your mom.
If you want a slingshot, I hopeyour dad teaches you how to
make one instead of buying one.
I hope you learn to dig in thedirt and read books when you
learn to use computers.
I hope you also learn to addand subtract in your head.
I hope you get teased by yourfriends when you have your first
crush on a boy or girl and whenyou talk back to your mother
(04:45):
that you learned what ivory soaptastes like.
May you skin your knee climbinga mountain, burn your hand on a
stove and stick your tongue ona frozen flagpole.
I don't care if you try beeronce, but I hope you don't like
it.
And if a friend offers you dopeor a joint, I hope you realize
he or she is not your friend.
(05:05):
I sure hope you make time tosit on the porch with your
grandma or grandpa and gofishing with your uncle.
May you feel sorrow at afuneral and joy during the
holidays.
I hope your mother punishes youwhen you throw a baseball
through your neighbor's windowand that she hugs you and kisses
you at Christmas time when yougive her a plaster mold of your
(05:27):
hand.
These things I wish for you aretough times and disappointment,
hard work and happiness.
To me it's the only way toappreciate life.
And another great piece fromPaul Harvey again, through the
years of listening every day atlunch to Paul Harvey and the
rest of the story, it's alwaysgreat to hear additional wisdom
(05:49):
from Paul Harvey In other newsthat is affecting our state and
our nation.
Here on Monday morning, the 5th,the stock market has had a
major setback.
I saw some reports on this on XSunday night about expecting
this to happen and boy it wasamazing.
I tried to get on my Fidelityaccount this morning to maybe
(06:14):
sell a few stocks.
They were having technicaldifficulties.
So probably what was happening?
They were just getting crashedwith the amount of people that
were trying to bail out of themarket, worrying that we'd have
a total collapse.
People have talked about this.
I've heard a lot of experts sayit was coming and you just
don't think it's going to happen.
(06:34):
I have diversified a lot of mystuff but 401k, retirement stuff
is all in stocks and bonds andsuch at a large brokerage house
and you just start to wonderabout people across the country
how they're feeling today whenthey looked at their 401k and
(06:54):
what they were going to have forretirement.
Again, we just hope that withsome time that this possibly can
come back, but right as of now,where we are in the country,
with everything going on, Idon't know how quickly that's
going to happen so definitely aday that a lot of people are
going to remember on the 5th ofAugust 2024.
(07:16):
We'll see what happens on themarket in the next week to 10
days, if it does rebound at all.
A lot of this was started Iguess mostly it was started from
the collapse in Japan withtheir economy.
They've been in a major setbackand of course, this is a world
(07:36):
market and everything kind ofgoes that direction, and then it
can help again.
We're talking about wars thatare potentially happening in the
Middle East.
I thought we were maybe goingto avoid something, but it's
gotten reignited and I thinkit's going to just spiral out of
control.
If we have that situation, thenour energy prices will go
(07:58):
through the roof if there isproblems in the Gulf.
So these next few months mightbe a little rocky, heading into
our November election, and a lotof experts said there was going
to be a black swan event tohappen and people are starting
to wonder.
Maybe this is the true facts ofthings, but for everyone out
(08:21):
there, I guess it's the time.
I hope you had a lot of dollarsstuffed under your bed in that
secret hiding spot.
You might need them in theweeks ahead.
And finally, reading a versethat I want to share that I ran
across yesterday and I think ithas a lot of bearing on where we
are, and this comes from 2Timothy 4, 2 through 4.
(08:43):
Preach the word of Godpatiently, correct, rebuke and
encourage your people with goodteaching, for a time is coming
when people will no longerlisten to sound and wholesome
teaching.
They will follow their owndesires and will look for
teachers who will tell themwhatever their itching ears want
to hear.
They will reject the truth andchase after myths.
(09:07):
Today in our history section,we want to share an interesting
story from the lost mines andburied treasures of Old Wyoming
by WC Jameson Hallelujah GulchRobbery Loot.
Suitwater County in thesouthwestern part of Wyoming was
(09:29):
the location of dozens ofstagecoach robberies from the
late 1860s through the 1880s.
A number of outlaw gangs workedthe region and tens of
thousands of dollars were lostto them by the stage companies
and their passengers.
One such gang was composed ofseven or eight unnamed toughs,
(09:50):
save for one, matt Borden.
His identity was learned.
The gang had great success,robbing the Hudson to Downing
Stages, a place known as theNarrows near Green River.
After robbing a coach of itsmailbags and strongbox, the
outlaws known as the HallelujahGulch Gang took money, watches
(10:11):
and jewelry from the passengersand sometime, it was reported,
even their boots.
After each robbery, the gangretreated to the Hallelujah
Gulch, the remote canyon throughwhich flowed a small stream
that eventually joined the GreenRiver.
A short distance away, duringone robbery in 1886, the gang
took a $31,000 shipment of goldcoins.
(10:32):
It was the act that finallytipped the scales against them.
Law enforcement officials,along with the operators of the
stagecoach line, decided theyhad enough of the Hallelujah
Gulch gang and it was time toput them out of business once
and for all.
After assembling a posse of adozen men, the sheriff followed
the gang's trail from therobbery site into Hallelujah
(10:54):
Gulch.
The lawmen rode cautiously intothe gulch, an ideal place for
an ambush.
They traveled nearly the entirelength of the canyon without
mishap, and in the deepestrecesses of the gulch they
spotted a plume of smoke comingfrom the chimney of a rock and
log cabin ahead.
They suspected, correctly, thatthis was the hiding place of
(11:15):
the gang.
After looking around to makecertain, no guards were posted,
the sheriff and his deputiesdismounted and crept on foot
towards the cabin, revolvers andrifles at the ready.
One of the deputies moved tothe side of the cabin, put his
ear to the unclinked spaces inthe logs and determined that the
men inside were playing cardsand their attention was focused
(11:36):
on their poker game.
After receiving briefinstructions from the sheriff,
the lawmen burst into the cabin,withdrawn revolvers, ordered
the men inside to raise theirhands.
Instead, the outlaws pulledtheir own guns and a shootout
ensured in the close quarters.
Every one of the outlaws waskilled, except for Matt Borden,
who received a serious wound.
(11:57):
Two lawmen suffered woundswhich were bandaged, and the men
were declared fit enough totravel.
Because Borden was bleedingheavily, the lawman suspected he
wouldn't live long Holding agun to his head.
They questioned him about thegold coins and other stagecoach
robbery loot taken during theprevious months.
Borden pretended to faint andacted like he was unconscious,
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and acted like he wasunconscious when the posse
members were distracted whiletreating their own wounded.
He crawled away, mounted ahorse and rode out of Hallelujah
Gulch before anyone realized hewas gone.
By the time Borden reached thetown of Green River, he realized
he would die if his wound didnot receive some attention.
It was midnight when he bangedon the door of a doctor's office
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pleading for help.
By the time the town doctoropened the door, borden had
collapsed to the porch in afaint.
The doctor dragged Bordeninside, placed him on a table
and treated his wounds.
But he was not optimistic thathis nighttime visitor would live
until dawn.
When he had done what he couldfor the stranger, he carried him
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into a spare room and placedhim on the bed.
When the doctor checked onBorden in the morning, he was
surprised to find the injuredman awake.
As the doctor removed thebandages from his previous night
, cleaned the wounds and appliednew wrappings, borden confessed
who he was and why he had beenshot.
At first the doctor believed hisown life might be in peril, but
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Borden was submissive andnon-threatening.
As the doctor cleaned thewounds, borden bragged about how
many stagecoaches the gang hadrobbed and how much loot they
had taken.
The gang had used some of themoney and gold to purchase
supplies in town, he said, butmost of it was buried in
Hallelujah Gulch.
The outlaws intended to rob afew more stage and leave the
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area for good.
Borden told the doctor.
All his companions had beenkilled and as soon as he was
able to travel he would returnto the Gaults and dig up the
money for himself.
He would be rich, he said, andhe would travel to California
where he planned to live like aking.
When the doctor gave Borden thebad news, he told the outlaw
that he didn't expect him tolive more than a few hours.
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He had lost so much blood andhis wound was fatal.
The diagnosis angered Bordenand he threatened to shoot the
physician.
When the reality of thesituation finally sunk in,
however, borden broke down andcried During the day.
He went astray and fell in withthese bad men.
An hour later, borden called thedoctor into the room.
He thanked him for the effortsto save his life and said he
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wanted to tell him where thelocation was of the buried loot
at Hallelujah Gulch.
He said the hiding place was sosimple it would be the first
place the search party wouldoverlook.
Borden asked the doctor for apencil and a piece of paper so
he could draw a map.
The doctor went to fetch therequested items, but when he
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returned, borden said he wastired and wanted to sleep for a
while.
When the doctor looked in onhim.
An hour later the outlaw wasdead.
He had written nothing on thepiece of paper.
At the first opportunity, thedoctor informed the sheriff
about the patient and told himthe outlaw said about the
treasure buried in HallelujahGulch.
He related what Borden saidabout the treasure being cached
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in an obvious place.
The sheriff passed thisinformation along to an official
at the stage line.
Together, the two agenciesorganized a group of men to
search for the canyon in hope offinding the loot and returning
it to the stage company.
Though they searched for days,they found nothing.
During the 1930s, an aged hermittook up residence in the outlaw
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cabin in Hallelujah Gulch.
From time to time the old mantraveled to Green River where he
worked odd jobs for a few daysto make some money to buy food,
and returned to the canyon.
During his stay in the cabinthe hermit was plagued by pack
rats, so he decided to try tofind their nest and rid the
place of them.
He found a small opening in therocks on one of the walls where
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the rodents came and went.
He followed the narrow rodenttrail from the cabin to a
location several yards away and,after moving a few rocks and
branches, found the nest.
The hermit pulled apart thenest, but as he did he spotted
the edge of a leather pouch thatappeared to have been buried in
the ground.
He lifted the pouch from theground, opened it and poured out
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sixteen twenty-dollar goldpieces.
The following day the hermittook his newfound wealth into
Green River and began orderingdrinks at a tavern.
After five or six drinks hebecame quite inebriated and
began bragging about hisdiscovery of gold in the pack
grout's nest.
He did not, however, revealthat the location was in
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Hallelujah Gulch.
Several hours later, when theold man staggered out of the bar
, he stepped into the street infront of a pair of speeding
horses pulling a wagon.
The horse rode him down.
Patrons of the tavern carriedthe hermit to the doctor's house
and explained what had happened.
The old man had several brokenbones and a punctured lung and
was bleeding internally.
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The physician promised that hewould do what he could, but
moments later the old man died.
He never revealed the source ofthe gold coins because no one
ever associated the old hermitwith hallelujah galtz.
Until many years later there wasno effort to travel through the
canyon to search for the oldcabin and the cache.
Furthermore, at the time, manyresidents of green river
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believed outlaws were stillliving there.
Years later, when the outlawgang had been driven from the
area, someone still occasionallyentered hallelujah gulch in
hope of finding the buried loot.
Though many encountered thecabin deep in the canyon, no one
has been able to find the cacheand the walls have mostly
tumbled down.
Thick brush has grown up aroundthe site and a visitor must be
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wary of rattlesnakes that dineon the pack rats In an unknown
location.
A short distance behind theruins lie the spoils of several
stagecoach robberies.
Researchers estimate the valueof the cash to be nearly $1
million.
I guess how lowly a gulchOpportunity for some riches at
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Gold Lute would be quite a find.
Thanks for joining us today andwe hope you enjoy our podcast.
As per the Code of the West, weride for the brand and we ride
for Wyoming.
We'll be right back.
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