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THE WELLSBORO AGITATOR 1879
April 8th 1879
The Enchanted Pot of Gold: a story
of Brookfield, Mar 18th 1879, The highway known here as the Calif. Road
is a very busy one, as on it are located a feed mill, 2 shingle mills,
and a steam mill. 1849 when the area was mostly woods an old man
by name of John D. Richardson moved into the neighborhood, he was a poor
man, but built a mill, a dam to hold water for power and a business, but
not satisfied he thought he would look for minerals in the hills.
In his search he claimed he found gold and showed to his neighbors and
kept talking about his find until one night an old lady had a vision.
She dreamed that in a certain hill at a certain spot there was a pot of
money. The woman, her husband and 2 other men went out one morning
to get the gold. She told them as they dug they must not talk or
utter a sound or the treasure would slip away. After digging 3 days
the man using the pick struck the pot that held the money, so great was
their joy that one yelled, there we've found it and the kettle of gold
moved away and altho they dug on they could not find it. Since that
time the road and brook have been known as the California road and creek.
Richardson moved away 1859 back to his early home in Springwater, NY.,
