The Quest for Confederate Treasure: Arkansas Secrets & The Knights of the Golden Circle

About this episode

The episode follows Bob Brewer's quest for Confederate treasure, exploring his background and the history of the Knights of the Golden Circle.

This is the first of three episodes over the Quest for Confederate Treasure which follows Bob Brewer as he hunts for Rebel Gold. I open the episode with Bob Brewer and his upbringing in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas where he learns of his family’s ties to buried treasure. I then move to the complete history of the Knights of the Golden Circle from their beginning to the time they go underground after the Civil War. This episode takes place entirely in the East and South but by the third episode, we will be in the American Southwest as we follow Bob’s hunt for Confederate Treasure into the Superstition Mountains. The journey to those desert peaks is thrilling and almost unbelievable.

People in this episode

Host: Thomas Wayne Riley

Guest: Bob Brewer

Topics covered

• Confederate Treasure
• Knights of the Golden Circle
• Rebel Gold
• Civil War history
• treasure hunting
• Arkansas history

Keywords

• Confederate Treasure
• Bob Brewer
• Knights of the Golden Circle
• Rebel Gold
• Ouachita Mountains
• Civil War
• treasure hunting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Knights of the Golden Circle

Places: Arkansas, Ouachita Mountains, Superstition Mountains

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