Born in Orange Co. Indiana. One day in the late 80's an older gentleman who was part of a treasure hunting club in Colorado came to my Grandparents' home. He had a copy of a letter that he said was sent from New Albany jail to the Reno Brothers' mother, as well as some other research. The letter gave a rough location where the gang had stopped to bury some treasure after one of their robberies. I was on the porch and listened to everything he said, but was only 8 or 9 so I don't remember details. This farm was located on part of the hill referenced in the letter and is along the route between the robbery & Seymour. The man asked permission to search the farm, but my Grandpa refused because they were only willing to give him 10% of what they found. At the time, based on what was taken from the bank he thought it could be worth $300,000. My mom sold a small portion of that farm in 2011 but I still own most of it. Figure I'll get out there someday.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

No time like the present! I’d gladly waste a day or two of my life, walking around with a metal detector, if I thought gold was at stake. You might just have a retirement plan on that land! 🙂

@wuznotbornyesterda

10 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger I'd be interested in doing so with you, just for the fun of it!

@koltoncrane3099

3 ай бұрын

I think England metal detectors have to give half to the land owner. England is bad in many ways but in many ways England is way way more advanced or better than the U.S. If you find old artifacts or coins etc on public land you get nothing, no finder fees etc. In England they’ll literally give you compensation as they view it as like a takings. Honestly if you find treasure on your private land you can claim it and be public about it, but if you find it on public land you’re probably screwed unless if you’re working with the cia or have some government contract or a lawyer gets you a finders fee or something. I think Mel fisher tried to look for gold on a reservation in Utah but the Native Americans would only agree to give him 5% of any thing he finds. If wasn’t even 10%. The landowner wanted 95% so he never did it.

Not sure how I missed this. I’m a relic treasure hunter and live up in Carmel. I’ve got a good six plus months of research into this one. Second only to the Sam Bass treasure down there when it comes to odds of being truly out there. I believe both are. Mr Bass was broke a few weeks after getting his split of 10k or in other words 250k in today money. I believe he came on home to Indiana after the Nebraska robbery and hide most of it here and traveled back to Texas with enough to be comfortable but not obvious. Of course he got shot and never made it back up. Reno’s not as big as we would think but I believe it’s there. Great video. Love this stuff.

I live in Scottsburg and I noticed that you used the remodeled railway station in your video. I live close to Marshfield Rd and every time we drove on it my husband would say that he thought the treasure was buried somewhere along that road. IDK why he had such conviction about this but he would just say it was the only thing that made sense. That they couldn't take the safe to far and would want it close enough to have easy, private access to it when needed. So with the 2023 find across the river in Kentucky, I have to think that's not easy access. So i think that is probably civil war stash which means........the Reno money is still out there. Woop Woop.🤑💰💰💰

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Two things that remain unanswered in my mind. If people were bailing out the Reno’s, did they store their loot? If the Marshfield heist value was around $2 million, and the Kentucky Horde is also about $2 million, is that just a coincidence?

@cathyhendrix7552

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger But the Kentucky hoard wasn't worth 2 million. He (you) said it was worth 700,000 thousand. And that was in today's money. The first hoard was worth approximately 2 million in past currency. What would that be worth in today's money? WHEW 😬 I wouldn't even know how to make a guess on that. But we still have the great unknown mystery of WHERE'S THE MONEY 💰💰💰💰?

OH....here we go again...bound and determined to get me lost in the woods looking for treasure!

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

I’ve got crazy stories about wild goose chased like that. 😅

Thank you for another wonderful video. I find it mind boggling that Lexington, Indiana was once large enough to have a jail large enough to hold bank robbers. I can remember my father watching an old movie about the Renos

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

I was over at Lexington, Indiana, earlier this year. Pretty much all the significant historic buildings are gone, including the place where Confederate General Morgan stayed. I would’ve loved to have seen the towns 19th century glory!

@geraldmeehan8942

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger I know according to the highway markers you can be going in 3 directions at once in Lexington. My son and I live right down 3 in Otisco

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

@@geraldmeehan8942 Two Morgan markers in Lexington: one in front of the school, the other just outside town

@geraldmeehan8942

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger I will check them out some time. I had no idea it was so historical. But anyway keep up the good work. You are bringing the gifts of knowledge and entertainment to us all!

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

@@geraldmeehan8942 I’ve got at least 6 or 8 more stories before I’m looking for ideas. Good people keep suggesting things, the Reno Gang treasure was one of them.

If I found the treasure, I wouldn't tell a soul. Good job Roger.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Thank-you!

@72PRODIGALSON

11 ай бұрын

Same... But there would be signs... Lol.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

100%. The first would be, no one would know where I went. 😂

When you announced that you were putting out a video on the Reno brothers I searched other videos on them. Yours is by far the best one I've seen. Thank you for all the great content.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Thank-you, Chuck! Someone had asked about the Reno Gang, and I didn’t know much about them. The more I researched, the more I found a story worth telling. 🙂

Born in SW Indiana along the Ohio River, and living now near the Wabash River near Merom's bluff, I'm really enjoying the stories about the things I'd never heard about, even though I know about where they are. You've done great research and tell these story. The cave stories and others would make a great one-tank trip to see these places up close and personally. Thank you!

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

There are some great easy-access adventure places for sure. I’m really fond of Shoals. That area alone has tons of caves, on both sides of the river. Look up “Bluffs of Beaver Bend”. You can literally drive your car, right up to the caves. I’ve fallen out of two, use your best judgement! The younger man that lives inside the 55 year old, wants to somehow scale the rock wall. There are some high up caves that likely no one visits. Same is true on the opposite side of White River, on River Road. Just a great area with exceptional natural features and history.

I’m born and raised in Indiana and just wanted to say your videos are great. So glad the algorithm brought me to your channel. Keep up the great work!

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Thank-you, Jeff! I enjoy these stories, and always hope I can do a good job with them. 🙂

I have read about the Reno brothers several times but your video is so much better. You always tell a great story. Thank you Roger.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Thank-you!

Wow! So interesting! We have never heard that story! That opening shot on the train tracks was epic!

Another very interesting Indiana legend! Well done Roger ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Now that was a great adventure! As an ole law enforcement guy I've studied the Pinkertons agency for many years. Love their motto we never sleep. Funny I had no idea they pulled off the first train robbery. Anyway, great job telling the story Rodger. I really enjoyed this one and as always thanks for taking us on the adventure.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Always a pleasure, to pull together a nearly lost history!

Man I am hooked on you. Lol I drove a garbage truck in many of these areas and lived in a few. Appreciate you sharing the adventures.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Lots and lots of interesting places in Southern Indiana! Glad to share what I find! 🙂

Love it! I for one wouldn't tell a soul if I found it. That's for me and my future grandkids.

Once again an awesome video. Keep up the good work.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Thank-you!

I was wondering if this topic would be covered by the channel at some point. Thank you for the great videos from Hawaii 🤙

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Someone had asked about the Reno Gang, can’t remember whom. I finally got a chance to dig in! 🙂

Good afternoon. I only discovered your channel last week and I wanted to thank you for the videos that you most. I've lived in southern Indiana for 56 of my 58 years so I find your videos both informative and enlightening. The first video I watched was the one about the lost Indian silver mine and it certainly brought back memories of my childhood. I heard those legends while a young boy camping at Tunnel Mill scout camp in Charlestown and was fascinated. My troop also used to camp at the top of the hill called Outpost. We had to walk past the old house daily and it always creeped me out hearing that it was haunted. But I digress. Thanks again, Roger!

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

My pleasure, David! I’d heard so many rich stories about the silver mine, and wanted to bring it to life. I put it off for a while, wanting to use actors, but thought, “I will die with this story, before I can hire actors.” 😃 I’m not a ghost hunter but have heard plenty about the house at Tunnel Mill. People have broken in so many times, to do investigations, that a security system had to be installed. The prevailing story is that John Work had a mentally handicapped son, that was kept in the attic his entire life. And, that son does not know he’s dead! The other creepy story, and I bet you heard it, was about the steps going down to the creek: different number counted each way, and supposedly a spirit will chase you if you step on a particular step! Gotta love the folklore, but I’m not trying it! I love all these old stories. I’m working on the Morgan’s Raid epic, and hopefully will have enough material to follow it with the Prince Madoc legend.

@wuznotbornyesterda

10 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger Do you know anything about the old quarry in Charlestown? I learned to swim there when I was a toddler. It was a wonderful place on the edge of town heading toward New Washington close to the highway. Just wondering where the stone was used then? Rose Island? Local buildings? I was wondering if it's still there or was it filled in and built on? Are there any stories connected to it because everyone swam there in the 50s.

@AdventureswithRoger

10 ай бұрын

@wuznotbornyesterda Have never visited the Charlestown quarry. What’s interesting, is that early settlers simply took quarried and cut stone from Rose Island, from what was described as “castle ruins”.

This video is better than a movie, very well done Roger 👌. I believe I have found my favorite channel 😁. Thanks so much for your hard work you put into all your videos. God bless you and your family 🙏🙏🙏❤

Another great video. It looks like I may be moving back to Cincinnati by year's end. When I do, next summer, I am going to make up for lost time and start exploring many of the places you feature in your Indiana videos, especially the caves that people can visit.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

A great day trip is starting at Lawrenceburg and taking 50 south along the Ohio River. Lawrenceburg, Aurora, Vevay, Madison: all great 1800’s towns with hidden histories. Charlestown has the infamous Rose Island, and Jeffersonvile has the disco bridge, where you can walk to Kentucky. Then, you have Falls of the Ohio, historic New Albany, and about all the show caves. Cincinnati also has many fun spots. Newport Aquarium, Cincinnati Museum Center, American Sign Museum to name a few.

@AdventureswithRoger

9 ай бұрын

@ginaparker-langley There’s thousands of them I haven’t seen, many on private property. I’d love to see one that hints of a special history. Over the last 6 years, I’ve heard of caves with 1800’s era silver smelting equipment, caves with late 1700’s firearms as if left by trappers, and caves with prehistoric etchings on the walls. No one sends me pictures! 😂

Thanks for a video revolving around my hometown of Seymour! I've heard the Reno story since I was in elementary school learning about our hometown. I've always been intrigued about the lost treasure

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

My pleasure, Ethan! It’s truly an intriguing history, with so many subplots. There are many unknowns and theories, in the wake of their untimely demise. Hopefully, I pulled together the essential facts, from what is a maze of many truths and folklore. 🙂

@Ethan.D.McKinney37195

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger you did an amazing job as always! I've always been proud to be from Southern Indiana and I've always thought it was a special place. Finding your videos only strengthens those feelings! Your channel is a piece of treasure among KZread. Keep up the great work!

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

I’ve loved southern Indiana since I was a kid, as our parents took us to all te historic sites and showcaves. Mom told me about its folklore too. So a little over 6 years ago, I made a goal of covering all of southern Indiana. What I thought would take a few months has taken years, and I’m still not done! 🙂

Love this, RT. Sent it to famous Hanover grad Woody. This story is an easy movie script. Appreciate your work man.

Great story. Never heard of them before. Thanks Roger

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

I didn’t know much about them until I visited the Scott County museum. That Marshfield train heist, equivalent to $2 million dollars, is still a big deal to local history.

Very good collection of notes you'll never know what you might find

I went to a Halloween cemetery walk in New Albany called Story behind the stones and this was one of the stones we learned about

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

I’ve filmed most of New Albany, but have yet to produce a project! Very historic town!

It strikes me that Kentuckiana was sort-of the first "wild west". Not only did the Reno brothers give America the first outlaw gang train robbery, Jesse James was known to frequent the Bardstown area. The Old Talbott Tavern in Bardstown recently acquired and put on display a pistol once owned by Jesse, but I have not been to see it (yet!).

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

As I was researching this, one writer said that the more famous James gang, took notes from the Reno’s. There have been legends that Jesse James even hid in southern Indiana, but I haven’t yet found any evidence.

Great video! And very well made and edited. Thank you, I truly enjoy your videos and I always forward them to my family in south Indiana too.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Thank-you! Hoping to make better ones all the time! 🙂

@floridaboiwoody

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger and thank you. I really do appreciate your videos and I know my family does too.

Thank you Roger for your response. I’m watching the Reno gang treasure right now and I have subscribed. I will backtrack on your other videos and catch up with your other videos as they come out.👍🏻🇺🇸

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

More to come! Hoping to publish a new monster-sized segment this week. 🙂

Awesome video once again man. Living in Southern Indiana my whole life 40 years I learned things from u I never had a clue about . Thank u for your time and dedication to making these videos

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Chad! I’ve really enjoyed making these films, and carrying stories of the past, forward. Southern Indiana is an awesome treasure in itself!

@Chad_Rusher

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger thank u 2 bud, maybe one of these days I'll run in to yh down here and can shake your hand ... keep doing what u do your dam good at it 👍

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

I’ve been surprised to run into many people, that watch the channel! The funniest was when a guy saw me and my tripod, asked if I was a KZreadr. I told him I was, and that I covered mostly Southern Indiana. He said he liked watching a guy called “Adventures with Roger”, that did Southern Indiana. I then told him, I was in fact, that Roger! 😂 He recalled how I spoke on the channel, knew I was the same person, we shook hands and got a picture together. It makes me happy to know people like what I’m doing!

@Chad_Rusher

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger 😆 that's awesome. Hopefully I'll run into yh and get a photo to that b awesome lol.. I spend alot of time around Mcbrides bluff down by Sholes there's alot of caves there witch I'm sure u already know about

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

@@Chad_Rusher I’ve been in three of them, in the Shoals area. There’s another I’ve been invited to, a piece down from McBrides Bluff, on the opposite side of the river, but the landowner doesn’t seem agreeable. Probably doesn’t want the publicity.

Great video🎉 there was a movie made about the Reno gang in the 50s called rage before dawn!🎉

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

So far, three Reno Gang films that I know about: 1955 “Rage at Dawn” 1956 “Love Me Tender” with Elvis Presley 2013 “Legend of the Reno Brothers” I haven’t seen any of them 😂

Man that would be awesome to find that loot. Roger this was a awesome video!❤

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Thanks, Edward! One can only hope for a little blessing, here and there. 🙂

@edwardh1591

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger that’s for sure

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Weather over here was pretty great today. How’s the Evansville area?

@AdventureswithRoger

9 ай бұрын

@ginaparker-langley I’ve enjoyed some of his adventures! I routinely find items lost along trails: pocket knives, shotgun shells, vaping equipment, etc. I believe the same thing happened to travelers, long ago. They bent down to rest, get a drink of water, slipped and fell, then things fell out of their pockets. I haven’t found anything especially old though.

Thank you for doing this so close to the time my wife and I are headed down that way to camp at starve hollow.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Weather down here has been very pleasant, sounds like a good time!

Another great and fascinating video. There was a movie made about the Reno brothers. It was black and white so I’m guessing it was made in the 40s or 50s. I believe I saw it on TCM.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

So far, three Reno Gang films that I know about: 1955 “Rage at Dawn” 1956 “Love Me Tender” with Elvis Presley 2013 “Legend of the Reno Brothers” I haven’t seen any of them 😂

Ive never ever heard of this story. New subscriber

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing. 🤗

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Always a pleasure to find and share these stories! 🙂

Great story. I look forward to all your adventures.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Thank-you, Brad!

Amazing!

Love your videos

Another absolutely amazing story! Thank you for sharing so much wonderful history. Had only heard passing mention of the Reno gang’s exploits. And I had not heard at all about the coins discovered in Kentucky so recently. I hope your videos inspire more kids to keep that part of their imagination going throughout their lives. As those coins are evidence of plenty adventure awaiting the seekers. Mucho mahalo, Roger‼️

@AdventureswithRoger

8 ай бұрын

Thank-you!

That’s very interesting. I love history

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

I love unusual history. And treasure! 🙂

Thank you for video. Really enjoyed it and you seem to be improving your videography skills each time. My wife is from Harrison Country Iowa and tells me their is a rumor of a buried treasure out there from a train robbery. Do you think this could be related to the Reno gang? A local realtor out in that area to this day makes the claim on any piece of land he sell if treasure is found on the land, it is his. He has it written into the contract. Love your history lessons. Keep up the great work.

@AdventureswithRoger

10 ай бұрын

Reno’s were out in Iowa, always a possibility!

Event memorialized in classic song: the Ballad of a Well Known Gun by Bernie Taupin and Elton John

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

I almost went down the path of including all the movies, and songs, referring to the Reno’s. There’s quite a few! But after I read through the script a few times, I saw I was already getting too deep in the weeds, as I’m prone to do! “Make this a 20 minute project instead of an hour, Roger.” 🙂

I'm from Seymour and know this story quite well. County court records show that on several occassions when the renos were released on bond, their bonds were posted by prominent buisnessmen of the area. Clearly some payoffs going on.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

That would support many things. After I completed the research and screenplay, the question kept coming back, “How did they get out of jail all these times? Someone must have been helping them.” But I couldn’t find anything. If they had people bailing them out, those people must’ve also had their loot, or at least some of it. Maybe they just kept the loot, when the gang was lynched?

@shawnjordan6601

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger Exactly,it's believed these businessmen were protecting them for running competing businesses out of Rockford. Seymour and Rockford were competing towns at that time. It's also believed some of these same men supported the Vigilance Committee that hunted them down once they got out of control.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

@@shawnjordan6601 Shawn, you are greatly helping me connect the dots! When I read about the “vigilance committee”, I wondered what would anger and motivate men, to lynch the Reno’s. If they burned your home or business, that would be a factor. If they killed your loved one, that would be another. But organizing a large group of people is a skill, and this was an organized effort. The vigilance committee not only formally named itself, issued a newspaper release, but seemed to know where the prisoners would be and when. They then attacked with impunity. Some high end intelligence gathering seemed to be at play. Crooked businesses men and officials, or some other powerful entity, seems to be behind it. The fact that there was a large amount of money, possibly being stored for the Reno’s, it would be convenient to get rid of them and keep everything. Just fascinating stuff!

@shawnjordan6601

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger That combined with the fact that the citizens had had enough. Seymour was so bad at that time that Indianapolis and Louisville papers ran warnings to travelers through Seymour. They say it was common for travelers to disappear from the local hotel.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

I read that the Rader Hotel had a horrible reputation: stay there, get robbed! It’s amazing how just a few bad apples created such chaos. But like you, I believe they had help in high places.

Jackson Co's "claim to fame". Thanks for your time Roger, good history lesson

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

That and John Mellencamp! 😊 Fun one to do. I’d heard the story for years, but didn’t see a complete video online.

@whitneykovener

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger do you video during the week or just weekends?

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Both

@whitneykovener

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger If you get back up Seymour way during the week, give me a holler, we can do lunch at Larrison's Diner or somewhere if you like.

Hey Roger, I’m glad I saw this one. I live in Seymour.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

A while back, someone asked if I’d do a Reno Gang video. I didn’t know a great deal until I started this one

Awesome story buddy

Cool video! 👍

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Thank-you!

Its been reported that the gent who found the hoard in KY sought out a numismatist in Lexington, which if true puts a good amount of distance between the field and the Renos.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

We may never know where it came from. For sure, if I’d found it, I’d want to distance the treasure from government land, or any story that would paint it as stolen government money!

Awesome!

@AdventureswithRoger

10 ай бұрын

Thank-you, Betty!

Wow just wondering why the guy finding the gold would say anything ? 😆 you and I both know the government would take it or at least make his life miserable . Great video Roger loved it . Stealing horses and cheating at card games will get you killed . These men were desperate.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

As I worked on this and the Dark Silver project, I kept thinking, “What if you accidentally found actual treasure?” The two things you don’t want: any proof that it was found on government land, or once owned by the government. The guy in Kentucky was purposely vague about details and sold it!

@ginamaria2579

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger exactly I hear gold is about ready to go boom, they are saying we should all have some gold and silver on hand 👍☺️

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

@@ginamaria2579 If the past three years have taught me anything, it’s to expect the unexpected!

@ginamaria2579

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger yes 😆

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

@ginamaria2579 Annnd, I just got an ad about gold. 😉

Been waiting for this one!

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

It was a 10 day edit! Hope everyone gets a kick out of it! 🙂

@jamiekiel2948

11 ай бұрын

I’m from Seymour, and have watched all of your videos. All of them are fantastic. Thanks for what you do.

@jamiekiel2948

11 ай бұрын

And have metal detected all around Rockford looking for that loot!😂

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

You are my kind of people, Jamie! I once went with a friend, to the grounds of an abandoned mansion. On the far corner of the property, was the foundation for what was their hotel. Friend brought a metal detector and we dug up filth for about an hour. Finally, a sterling silver fork was found! It sounds like nothing, but we were pretty excited to find a piece of silver from the late 1800’s. Good times! 🙂

@jamiekiel2948

11 ай бұрын

That’s awesome! I really enjoy all sorts of history saving adventures. And have found some pretty cool items along the way. I’ve dug some really old coins dating back to the early 1800’s and a couple civil war coat buttons in Rockford and like to think the buttons came from a Reno!😂

Interesting story.

I grew up in Seymour on land that the Reno's once owned. We had a few treasure hunters pass through wanting to look around the property. I live just down from hamgmans crossing where some of them were strung up

@AdventureswithRoger

10 ай бұрын

I was really surprised that Hangman’s Crossing has no historical marker. Maybe Seymour planners thought that was either bad press, or didn’t want people loitering around the railroad track?

@aurthurkillion189

10 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger not sure why we don't. Safety for one I suppose but Seymour doesnt mention the Renos much around either. The old hangin tree has been gone for a while now. The graves at the cemetery aren't the actual graves either. Theyre somewhere in the cemetery but the markers were moved long ago because of vandalism

@aurthurkillion189

10 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger i loved your piece on the silver cave too. I know of a few along the muscatatuck river nearby

@AdventureswithRoger

10 ай бұрын

I’d also heard that Frank was placed near his brothers. If you look closely at the Reno graves in my video, there’s a tool left my someone trying to lift the metal from the monument. I didn’t notice it until I was editing.

@AdventureswithRoger

10 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed making the silver mine video. It took me to some beautiful places! Have not been to caves near the Muscatatuck River.

I'm a new subscriber thank you

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Welcome to the adventure! 🙂

Wow! I had no idea

I live in Underwood, Indiana and I went to with a Reno that was related to them. If I’m correct they still have one of their relations pistol.

Too many people drive past historical markers, without having the curiosity to stop and read them. I have met many people in Scott County that had repeatedly driven past the Marshfield robbery marker. But, they had no knowledge of the robbery. I think it was in 1966 and I was 13 years old. I learned of the Reno gang and the first train robbery from an article in the REMC Rural Electric News.

@AdventureswithRoger

2 ай бұрын

History isn’t taught like it used to be. It provides a deeper appreciation for where you live, and everyone should know a little bit about their town.

@randallhoward3231

2 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger I have recommended your KZread channel to several friends. I have learned of things that were unknown to me. Plus, I have learned more about the things that I did know of.

Another awesome video being from columbus ive heard of this story for years a cowork who from Seymour was talking to me about this last week talk about lets go look for the treasures im down lol but my question if you find it do u keep it or does it becomes the state how that work?

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Two things I learned from studying the Mel Fisher treasure story. If any treasure is found on government land, you can lose a great find. And if it’s stolen government money, they’d want it back. The guy in Kentucky has been very vague, and I think that’s on purpose, to not lose his find.

The Kentucky hoard of gold coins was estimated at about 2 million dollars in today's money. Which puts it right around the same value the Reno gangs stolen treasure. That could definitely be the Reno gang stolen loot

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

That’s what I was thinking. They’re keeping pretty tight-lipped about it.

@Mr._Infamous

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger yeah I guess I can understand why they'd be tight-lipped about it especially the area which was found but if they think it's the Reno gang treasure why not just come out and say it? But then maybe they don't think it's the Reno's treasure. Very interesting occurrence we have here

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

@@Mr._Infamous I get this recollection of Mel Fisher finding the Atocha treasure, and then the government trying to take it. Imagine if someone suggested, that the found gold was stolen government property! That would be a total buzz kill!

@Mr._Infamous

11 ай бұрын

@AdventureswithRoger oh that's a good point I didn't even think of that. Now that you say that, I'm surprised they haven't done that anyway.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

If I were that guy, I’d be selling it all yesterday! 😂

Born and raised in SW Indiana. Evansville. Seymour is a few hours north.

@AdventureswithRoger

10 ай бұрын

Been out to Evansville many times.

You should do some grand Kankakee marsh history videos

I noticed your P.O. box was Greenville, l have a Pekin address but am outside Martinsburg coupe minutes. Love your Work, make I’ll catch up with you sometime! 😊🍀

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

You live close to “Little Goss Cave”. The owner doesn’t allow anyone to see it, but I would pay money!

Great Video …did you see how tall that guy is in the prison pic with all those guys . He must be 7’ .

@AdventureswithRoger

4 ай бұрын

That, or everyone else was a whole lot shorter! 🙂

Yes 👍

Hello from jeffersonville Indiana

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Hey neighbor! 🙂

🔥🔥🔥

I worked with 2 guys with the last name Reno that claimed to be related to them...there is alot of resemblance to the photos.

$16,000.00 in the train robbery Divided by $20 gold pieces is 800 Double Eagle Gold Pieces. Gold is at $2,090.00 yesterday. $2,090.00 X 800 Double Eagles is $1,676,000.00 today. That's over $1.6 Million Dollars today.

Movie: Rage at Dawn, Randolph Scott.

My hometown, I possibly might have one of the gold bags that might have been used, passed down by my father!

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

That would be some great history!

@t.j.h2810

11 ай бұрын

Was he a Reno ??.......😄

@silvereagle1960

11 ай бұрын

@@t.j.h2810 No, just friends, and lived next door to the first house in Seymour, which was the post office in that time period!

Roger what is that first song? It sounds like where TOTO stole the theme music for Dune from.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Opening scene with train and title: “The New Order”, by Aaron Kenny. It has kind of a Star Wars feel to it!

Oh boy 😊 💰💰💰💰 🤑

I can't believe such violent people were and still are held in my state. Makes you think for sure.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

As the song says, “The lure of easy money, has a very strong appeal.”

I'm from Seymour and I used to be on the Historical society with a history professor P. hd who wrote a book about it. Either he or someone else on the historical society told me that the Renos sister purchased a house for 6k which was a lot of money back then and that she paid cash. I don't believe there is any gold left, but who knows. They of course were just thugs and the citizens took care of them after they had enough.

@AdventureswithRoger

Ай бұрын

My theory is that Seymour, Indiana business people laundered money for the Reno gang. When the Renos got caught, those business people feared they would be implicated. Thus, the business people with all that money hired men to kill the Renos, and they kept the rest of the money.

@hoosierdaddy2308

Ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger That's a great theory. It could have happened because it was known that many of the business people may have paid to have Rockford burnt down to stop competition, and make Seymour the bigger place of business and trains to stop there and not in Rockford. That's what I have heard of course, but I have no idea , but your theory is just as plausible as any I have heard for sure.

@AdventureswithRoger

Ай бұрын

@@hoosierdaddy2308 We’ll probably never know the full truth, but it’s fun to try and figure out a mystery! When I was a kid, I heard that lots of old money families lived at Seymour. Whether it was from legitimate business ventures, or seedy deals, is anyone’s guess.

@hoosierdaddy2308

Ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger Agree sir. ♥️👍

it sounds like one of the caches was found in the corn field.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Could be. Someone mentioned that the value was approximately that of the Marshfield heist.

I wouldn’t put it beyond the Pinkerton’s to have kept the money and claimed it was never found. Pinkerton’s were loyal to Pinkerton’s.

@AdventureswithRoger

6 ай бұрын

Lots of dirty deeds possible. It could be that the men laundering / storing the stolen loot, at Seymour, conspired to kill the Reno’s, and keep their money. Paying the Pinkertons, to be accomplices, could’ve been part of the plan. The Reno’s made some good scores, but got unwanted federal attention, that the dirty Seymour business men didn’t want. Combine that with the possibility that the Reno’s were ready to cash their chips in, and be of no use to these launderers, would be a good reason to eliminate them. It’s very fishy that the well-trained Pinkertons were not only caught off guard, let the men on the train be murdered, and they were unscathed. Then, good intelligence told a posse that the other Reno’s were switched, to the New Albany jail. Many things look suspicious.

Where at in Ky. ??? It looks like it could be right up or down the river from my home in Wolf Creek???

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

The man is not talking. I don’t blame him, what if there’s more, or he just doesn’t want 10,000 people digging his property. 🙂

@Mr._Infamous

11 ай бұрын

​@@AdventureswithRogerI don't blame him for not talking. Was it his property though? Because I thought I read that he had permission from a farmer to dig on the land. I may be incorrect though

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

@Mr._Infamous I could find very little about it, other than the coins were in great shape and worth a fortune!

Like to know did that person that own the cornfield did he get to keep the gold coins or did the government takes them away from him, would really like to know the answer that?

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

The man declared the coins were found in a Kentucky field, but didn’t say where. He had them evaluated at Lexington by a respected coin dealer, then sold them. For lots of reasons, he’s been very vague about details. Probably the biggest reason: the government wanting a cut. You absolutely don’t want to say anything was found on government land, or attached to a story of once being stolen government property!

I met a girl who lives in Scott county... she said she knows people who say they know where the 🪙 is... who knows... the Reno gang ended up swinging from a 🪢 at the New Albany, Indiana jail...

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

I’ve got a theory of what happened to all the money. When the Reno gang was at its peak, everyone was either scared of them, or looking to make money from them. I’d theorize that the stolen Reno money was held safely, by crooked officials and businesses, in Seymour. When there was no one left but John Reno, it disappeared into their pockets. He’d have no power to intimidate them, and he couldn’t tell the Pinkertons, or they’d use it as evidence to send him back to prison.

@dean828

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger A good theory... could very well be that... I grew up in New Albany... lots of "hidden history" in that area of Indiana... excellent video by the way... you always make A+ mini documentaries!

@KentuckyGirl

11 ай бұрын

Nice little local history lesson. I'll keep my eyes 👀 peeled for hidden gold coins now.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

@@KentuckyGirl We could all stand a few gold coins! 🙂

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

@@dean828 Thank-you, Dean! I enjoy talking to people about these stories, as much as I do making these films.

Is there any record of them going east. If you go east of Seymour you have Hayden then North Vernon

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

The Reno gang committed crimes all over southern Indiana. But their base of operations was Rockford, where they burned-out the citizens, and Seymour’s Hotel Jonas (aka Rader Hotel), as they’d allegedly paid Jackson County officials to look the other way: they owned the County. If they were caught outside their safe zone, they were on their own. Someone the other day mentioned that the Reno’s spent time at Columbus, Indiana.

@fatcatlost

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for all the time you put into making the videos and the wealth of knowledge you have I truly appreciate it. I'm from Jennings Co and Seymour is only 13 miles away it's very interesting to think they could have spent some time in this area. Can't wait to see what video you make next. In my opinion you make the best videos on KZread. Thank you.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

@@fatcatlost Thank-you for your words of encouragement! I try to make something that tells the story of Indiana, that many have forgotten, and others want to remember. Hopefully it’s time well spent, and people get something out of it! 🙂

@fatcatlost

11 ай бұрын

Can't wait to learn more let the adventure begin.

Actually, the Reno train robbery was the first "non-military" train robbery. There were train robberies during the Civil War.

Isn't it strange how money always seems to vanish it even happens within our own government with blacks projects and special access programs but I am willing to bet someone within the law or that vigilante group ended up with that money as odd or unlikely as it might seem because people do strange things when it comes to lots of money!

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Big money corrupts people. A story as old as time!

Having lived in southern Indiana I've never heard of the reno gang.

@AdventureswithRoger

Ай бұрын

Pretty infamous in Jackson County

@hiddentruth1982

Ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger That is odd that I never heard of it as bad as they were. Guess you never know what stories are around.

@AdventureswithRoger

Ай бұрын

Have lived here all my life, and still find things I never knew. 🙂

@hiddentruth1982

Ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger You might know some of my family then. I have an aunt that lives in Seymour and my grandparents were from wheeler holler. heck I was born at the hospital in Seymour.

@AdventureswithRoger

Ай бұрын

My cousins family all lives around Seymour, three generations now!

We may have to go on a treasure hunt 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

I got a shovel, let’s go!

Gold is very heavy. Several million in gold, it's extremely heavy. I'd say they buried it not far from where they stole it. They didn't have any other choice.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

That’s a great point! Ingots are especially heavy. As coins though, they’d likely be in relatively small, cloth, bank bags. I’ve seen old westerns, where bad guys tied two bank bags together, and draped them over their saddles. But, if corrupt Jackson County officials were helping the Reno’s, it would’ve been easier to leave loot in their safes. My theory is that if the loot isn’t still out there, people storing it made it their own when the gang was lynched.

The Pinkerton's stole the loot

Treasure hunters should research those who would had any contact with then and see if any of those suddenly improved in life style. I'd bet those boys were tortured until they gave up the location...gold is long gone

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

My theory: the crooked business men at Seymour, that bailed out the Reno’s, had their loot. When the Reno’s were lynched, they simply kept the money. Whether they had a hand in the lynching or not is debatable. But the fact that Frank Reno was in Federal custody, meant things had stopped being small town crime. It’s likely that whoever previously helped the Reno’s, did not want federal attention, and orchestrated the lynchings. It was definitely an organized thing.

@silverback8183

11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger sounds reasonable. My question is...if it was $3 million in gold,that would have been very heavy. I can't see 4 guys lugging that much weight around for very long.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

Back then it was $96,000 cash value, today that’s $2 million, adjusted for inflation. It was never said how much of that was gold though. But a band of 7 men could drape small bags over their saddles and run. And if their accomplices were shady business men in Seymour, they didn’t have far to take it! Marshfield is just across the border in Scott County.

I am a Reno ! Would you like to know the rest ?

@AdventureswithRoger

15 сағат бұрын

All ears!

If anyone finds said treasure, remember to keep your mouth shut.

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

💯 %

Tell the story of the trash from Seymour who attacked them fathers farm. So that El Semota could be in line for millions from railroad. Sparks from El Semora later in life I remember him where did he get his money. El Semora is a cursed town. Murder is murder you know the names of the trash who murdered the Renos

@AdventureswithRoger

2 ай бұрын

Most likely scenario: the business people who were laundering the Reno gangs loot. The gang got too much attention, had Pinkertons hired by the US government, to chase them down. The business men panicked and decided to kill the gang, before they made a plea deal, telling about everyone involved.

.....wonder how much of the found gold the US government let that guy keep? Stupid for even telling anyone,I wouldn't!

@AdventureswithRoger

11 ай бұрын

From what I read, he simply said he “found it in a field on private land”, ie “not government land”. He then sold it, but there’s no record of how long he had it. If I was him, I’d want to sell quick and let the coins fly to innumerable collectors. If there was even a slightest bit of proof, that it was stolen government money, they’d want it all.

Keep in mind that the official currency of the United States was Gold. Therefore if you convert $96,000 into the official currency of gold you comeup with 4,800 DOUBLE EAGLE COINS. 4,800 multiplied by the current price of gold which hit $2,090.00 you get $10,032,000.00! That's over $10 MILLION DOLLARS in today's money.

Have we found anything new? My paternal great great grandfather was a sibling of Wilkerson Reno’s father. So quite removed. It’s something that’s always fascinated me

@AdventureswithRoger

7 ай бұрын

For decades there have been rumors, that people have found hidden money or gold, in Jackson county. But if true, they successfully kept their identities secret. The prevalent theory is that all the stolen treasure was being held by bankers in Seymour, and simply kept, after the last Reno gang members were murdered. There’s been speculation that those same bankers actually paid a posse to kill the gang, so they could keep the loot.

the first thing the bandits would normally do is run to the brothels and gambeling halls , its easy to squander money fast ill gotton loot goes quickly like a ourse with a hole in it just like the bible sayes