The Lost Dutchman is one of the greatest lost mine stories of them all. I've spent years studying and writing about it (even searching for it) and I don't believe Jacob Waltz had a fabulous gold mine in the Superstitions. The late Tom Kollenborn was the foremost expert on the legend and a good friend. I have to agree with him, there was a German prospector named Jacob Waltz and he was in

True West May/June 2025
In This Issue:
Features
- Historic Hotels of the American West
- A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
- A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
- Blazing The Oregon Trail
- Journey Through Time
- Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
- Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
- Mormons in the Movies
- An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
- The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
- Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
- The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
- The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows
- The War Before the War
- Mountain Meadows