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this name, the requests were at irst answered with a list of ' counties and a price list. (The ' mall county maps cost 10 cents { ach.) Then a form letter was >repared as other requests nentioned a hidden treasure itory in a recent lost-treasure nagazine, and a check with the >tate Library revealed the county ! is Bedford and the story of
Beale’s buried treasure. J Present Montvale was once mown as Bufordsville, near . vhich the treasure was reported : o have been cached, and which >robably caused the name nix-up. Some gave reasons for wanting he map as interest in traveling, •there as interest in treasure; ome claimed to want to buy a arm or do history research; while >ne said he wanted to visit his old amily home in Buford County.
Highway Department map ] •eople soon became convinced hat some had already found reasure. *
Many sent in dollar bills for the j lap. The money had to be
etumed. One sent $10 in c»sh j
or a bound book of all counties. } rnd one sent his dollar for the , ;cond time, with a plea that the ' loney be kept -- just send the lap!
“Buy yourself a beer - donate j to the treasurer or the poor. '
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