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ISBN: 978-0-692-01462-2

All states have buried treasure. Many have some precious mineral deposits. Some have long-abandoned ghost towns. The chances of you finding these places in most states is very slim, and to find one that had not been taken over by a government agency, or covered up by a parking lot  is slimmer still. There is an old saying around Wyoming, "Wyoming is what America was." That too is rapidly coming to an end with oil, gas, coal, and uranium, and recreation being abundant.

If you ever had dreams of roaming the countryside freely and searching for old ghost towns, gold, outlaw hideouts, battles, or buried treasure, you are almost too late, but this book can provide you with a 40-year head start.

I have compiled and mapped most of these interesting and fascinating areas all over the state. All this has been collected over the past 40 years. It is a very complete listing. It was not done solely by sitting in a comfortable chair reading about these things and deciding to write a book. It was done by having the good fortune of being born on a ranch along Sybille Creek many years ago, and then spending the better part of a lifetime living in nearly half of the counties, working, roaming, and exploring. As much was learned from the handle of a shovel, metal detectors, and gold pans, as from a book.

Don't hesitate and be left out. Start now before it is all gone or legislated our of your grasp! At the rapid rate of advancement in the electronics industry, it is almost a certainty that in the very near future there will be a device that can pinpoint metal objects or anomalies deep within the earth at a distance. Some people with foresight, knowledge, and ambition will take advantage of the convergence of recorded history and the advances in technology and emerge with some beautiful treasures. Politicians and government agencies hasten to keep them for their personal use, or to fill the coffers of a declining government bankroll. It has been their ambition for many years to remove the "public" from public lands and move private lands into the control of the government. They are getting it done through "Regulations for your Protection", but there is still a window of opportunity.

You will certainly be rewarded, if not by the great amounts of treasure, then by the experiences of the search and the satisfaction of finding objects that occurred naturally, were hidden, lost, or somehow left there years or centuries ago by someone. You will wonder in amazement at the details of it's journey from their hands to yours and all the history and mystery surrounding the journey.

96 Pages filled with full-color maps of the entire state of Wyoming. Each map is marked with locations of potential treasures. It contains over 170 ghost towns, as well as historic forts, battles, military camps, buried treasure, stage stops, and gold discovery sites.

About the Author

Jim Rutter was born many years ago in Albany County, Wyoming in a ranch house near Sybille Creek. His father passed away and his mother remarried when he was a small boy. Not fitting in smoothly with that family environment, he ran away several times, sometimes living with relatives for as long as they could endure him, and sometimes working for his room and board. Despite these obstacles, he managed to graduate high school in Fort Laramie.

He went to work for a railroad, but couldn't seem to stay in one place for long. He joined the US Navy and served for four years where he came a top-notch sailor, attaining a rating of Aviation Ordinanceman, Second Class. That experience gave him the knowledge that he could accomplish any goal he chose. In the following decades, he lived enough for many lifetimes, working more jobs and having more experiences than he can remember. Among those jobs were factory worker, janitor, farm and ranch hand, construction electrician, bar owner, coin machine operator, gambling operator, gold miner, explorer, treasure hunter, railroader, politician, restaurant worker, and writer. He is still not sure what he wants to be when he grows up.

He has married a couple times, and the greatest treasure he has ever known is the abundance of children, step-children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Jim Rutter passed away April 2, 2021. His granddaughter, Amanda, continues to manage his website and sell his books. If you'd like to read Jim's obituary, please click here.