Lower Yellowstone Falls
Great Fountain Geyser
Grand Prismatic Spring
We stayed at El Western in Ennis, Montana
The lodgepole pine log cabins were built in the 1940s
Forrest Fenn's bathing spot in the Firehole River is warmed by the hot spring Ojo Caliente. The upper Firehole region is where the non-native German Brown Trout and Loch Leven Brown Trout were first introduced to Yellowstone.
Jumping the chute at the Firehole River Swimming Hole in the Firehole Canyon
In 1863 gold was found in Alder Gulch, Montana, and Virginia City was built during the gold rush
Panning for gold in Alder Gulch
Near Elk Island and the Cascades of the Firehole on the lower Firehole River is where we searched for Fenn's treasure
This rainbow took a purple ant dry fly
Purple ant
Forrest Fenn's poem with 9 clues leading to the treasure chest
As I have gone alone in there
And with my treasures bold,
I can keep my secret where,
And hint of riches new and old.
Begin it where warm waters halt
And take it in the canyon down,
Not far, but too far to walk.
Put in below the home of Brown.
From there it's no place for the meek,
The end is ever drawing nigh;
There'll be no paddle up your creek,
Just heavy loads and water high.
If you've been wise and found the blaze,
Look quickly down, your quest to cease,
But tarry scant with marvel gaze,
Just take the chest and go in peace.
So why is it that I must go
And leave my trove for all to seek?
The answers I already know,
I've done it tired, and now I'm weak.
So hear me all and listen good,
Your effort will be worth the cold.
If you are brave and in the wood
I give you title to the gold.
12th century Romanesque bronze lockbox, worth tens of thousands by itself, with millions in gold, gems, and cultural antiquities inside, hidden somewhere in the Rockies of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, or New Mexico
Here is our solve.
