Moncrief Springs: French Crown Jewels of Jacksonville

Started by Metro Jacksonville, July 17, 2016, 03:00:03 AM

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Moncrief Springs: French Crown Jewels of Jacksonville



What follows is one of the most colorful and incredible legends of Jacksonville's surprising past.  It is retold by Bob Mann, one of our resident historians, in the same manner that it was told to him, southern storyteller style.  The student of history will notice glaringly unhistorical libels and inaccuracies, and the tale is not meant to accurately relate the details of the well documented history since it is the story of a missing and literally fabulous treasure that is believed to have been buried here in Jacksonville.

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