Page 29 - 2001 DT 4 issues

October
October
October ○ ○ ○ Apaches, and it was an Indian named Many strange stories have sur-
Dutchman continued from page 1
October
October
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“Apache Jack” who later said that the tribe faced about the “Dutchman.” One of
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○ decided the mine was evil and must be hid- the weirdest, and it is authenticated,
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○ den from the white man. The pit was filled
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Monday 1 H Berkowitz R/W Hetzler ○ tells the fate of Adolph Ruth in 1931.
in and rocks moved to change the area’s He said he had acquired a map from
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Tuesday 2 N Turner J Barrett ○ ○ appearance. That could have been the end, a person named Peralta, that it showed
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○ but before he died in 1891, Waltz told friends
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Wednes 3 L Vavak M Burk ○ a mine and he was going off into the
Julia Thomas and Rhinehart Petrasch where Superstition Mountains to find it. Sev-
Thursday 4 G. Sayles C Gilmore the mine was. They searched in vain. eral weeks later his body was found.
In 1895 a bizarre event occurred that He had been decapitated..
Friday 5 P Frank M Rosov
○ clouded the whole story of the “Lost Dutch- It’s still out there, “The Lost
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Saturday 6 W Barbuck W Barbuck ○ man” mine. A court in Santa Fe accused a Dutchman,” just off State Rte 88 about
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man named James Addison Reavis of forg- five miles north of Apache
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Sunday 7 L Klasse S Vallado ○
○ ing documents about the original Junction.
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Monday 8 H Berkowitz C Walker ○ ○ land grant, alleging that
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there never was a Don Postscript:
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Tuesday 9 N Turner J Barrett ○
○ Miguel Peralta, and The Desert Trum-
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Wednes 10 L Vavak M Burk ○ that Reavis had actu- pet is announcing
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○ ally gone to both the “Lost Dutch-
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Thursday 11 G Sayles C Gilmore
○ Mexico and Spain in man” Expedition. To
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Friday 12 H Perlman I Grieco ○ ○ ○ order to get his forg- qualify, you must go
○ eries into official into the Superstition
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Saturday 13 A Berg B Saferstein
○ records. Then he married Mountains alone and
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Sunday 14 B Hammel S Valladac ○ ○ ○ a Mexican girl and claimed she camp near
○ was an heir of the Peraltas. But “Weaver’s Needle”
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Monday 15 H Berkowitz D Powers ○
○ why would he do this unless there for two weeks while
Tuesday 16 N Turner J Barrett ○ ○ ○ was some basis to the story? It you search for the
○ seems there was, and that a Peralta mine. If (no) when you return, write
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Wednes 17 L Vavak M Burk ○ family did own a mine in Arizona. Also, they your experiences for the “DT” and
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Thursday 18 G Sayles C Gilmore ○ ○ ○ actively looked for its gold at least the gold you’ll get a Friends of Red Rock Can-
○ they hoped was there. Somewhere along yon polo shirt inscribed “Candidate for
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Friday 19 P Frank A Berg ○ the line, Waltz and Weiser got hold of the the Darwin Award 2001.” LCK
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Saturday 20 J Kisosondi B Saperstein ○ ○ ○ ○ map.
Sunday 21 C Williams C McGovern ○ ○ ○
Monday 22 H Berkowitz E Turkin ○ ○ ○ ○
Tuesday 23 N Turner M Slagle ○ ○ ○ Red Rock Canyon Wildlife
Quiz
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Wednes 24 L Vavak M Burk ○ ○ you should not be taking this test as you are an extinct species.
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Thursday 25 G Sayles C Gilmore ○ ○ ○ ○ 7 you are entitled to remain in Red Rock Canyon. If it’s 3 or under correct,
Friday 26 H Perlman E Schliepp ○ ○ If you scored 8 or more, you are among the nobility of our wildlife. With 4 to
Saturday 27 P VanDooremaal B. Saperstein ANSWERS: A-5, B-8, C-1, D-3, E-10, F-9, G-2, H-7, I-6, J-4
Sunday 28 H Decker C McGovern
Monday 29 H Berkowitz C Williams
Tuesday 30 N Turner D Powers
“The mission of Friends of Red Rock Canyon is to
Wednes 31 E Turkin M Burk
support the Bureau of Land Management in the
protection and enrichment of the Red Rock Canyon
Changes? Call Harley Decker (791-0713) National Conservation Area.”