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The Great Diamond Hoax on 1872
Manage episode 296658065 series 89456
The year was 1872, more than two decades after the start of the California gold rush! The nation was just waiting for the next big wonderful thing. Two uneducated miners, Philip Arnold and John Slack gave the people just what they were hoping. Today I bring you the astonishing story of the great diamond hoax!
Link to the sources I used to write this adventure:
Diamonds in the Salt by Bruce Albert Woodard
Wyoming State Historical Society - The Diamond Hoax: a Bonanza That Never Was
Smithsonian Magazine - The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872
Great Diamond Hoax - Wikipedia
November 26, 1872: Great Diamond Hoax Exposed
146 episodes
Manage episode 296658065 series 89456
The year was 1872, more than two decades after the start of the California gold rush! The nation was just waiting for the next big wonderful thing. Two uneducated miners, Philip Arnold and John Slack gave the people just what they were hoping. Today I bring you the astonishing story of the great diamond hoax!
Link to the sources I used to write this adventure:
Diamonds in the Salt by Bruce Albert Woodard
Wyoming State Historical Society - The Diamond Hoax: a Bonanza That Never Was
Smithsonian Magazine - The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872
Great Diamond Hoax - Wikipedia
November 26, 1872: Great Diamond Hoax Exposed
146 episodes
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