My Journey into the Making Of: 'WALLA WALLA'S LEGEND of LOST GOLD' (Part Two)

The train was a simple steam engine, that without a cattle guard, was like a soap-box car. It was definitely crude.

I discovered that Dorsey Baker kept a diary, a business ledger, a train ledger, and other notes that the family donated to the Penrose Library in Walla Walla. This wonderful library is full of Dorsey's life records. Of the four years he kept record as a railroad owner, not one time( oops once) did he fail to document the weight and items loaded onto his train. As you know, he did one time!
This one time that was not documented was a weight of 300 pounds, and was loaded July 28, 1877.

His personal diary speaks of a tragedy in the family, which with respect, was the death of his daughter. Four daughters died to diphtheria within 2 weeks. He had eleven daughters. The diary mentions two men that he sent away. It all happened on that day.

Now without telling you to much that is revealed in my book, I will say that the men, in that moment of opportunity, discovered that the gold, which I have documented being transferred to treasury on July 27, 1877 (a document referring to the transfer dated this day). The train carries the undocumented weight the following day, that Dorsey documents these two in his Diaries. What a great find!

I went on to discover information about the fireman that accompanied the engineer that day. It was a volunteer from the Tiger 1 Company, volunteer fire department. It had formed in the month of February that year.

The steam boat records that I found, showed a steam boat leaving at the exact time that is mentioned in the tales on record in the book mentioned in my part one article. W.C. Jameson failed to find all the clues, and construct them the way I feel that were really being told. My book will refute all the claims of the area referred as Wallula Juntion. At the time, it was known as Slab Town, and the mention of Wallula Junction, when in fact the truth was Wallula Street, (which Slab town was later named, Wallula) mislead researchers for over one hundred and thirty years. I see why the treasure was never found. researchers and treasure hunters were off by 60 miles.