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Peralta Map, The

Peralta Map, The

Broadcast: 10th March 1957
Added: Feb 03 2011

East of Arizona off to the left off the Old Spanish trail squats Superstition Mountain a glory forbidding mass of black granite that’s canyons keep raw the secrets of the deaths of many men. Four hundred years ago the conquistador’s searched here for the legendary Cities of Cibola, which were supposed to be built of pure gold. Modern legend tells us that Superstition Mountain guards the lost Dutchman Mine but no one can be sure for no man who has gone searching for it has come out alive. The facts you are about to hear are true, the story imaginary but some of the characters involved lived to tell it…

Produced and directed by: William N. Robeson

Written by: Charles B. Smith