Legend has it that the famous pirate Henry Every after
retiring as the worlds riches pirate in 1696 headed west to a nice
quiet lake called "Salty Lake" in the area of Houaph he lived
peacefully with his very young Sinkiuse bride, who turns out was
Chief Moses great great Grandmother. After the great war John E.
Calbom a famous archaeologist and treasure hunter moved to Salty
Lake now renamed Moses Lake and spent the rest of his life
searching for the lost treasure of Henry Every. In 1995 John Calbom
mysteriously disappeared, some say that he was obsessed with the
lost treasure of Henry Every and died looking for the treasure.
Others say that the ghost of Henry Every will murder any one who
dares to disturb his plunder! I never believed any of these stories
as a kid, I just thought that they were camp fire stories, made up
to frighten young kids when camping. That all changed after
discovering a old painting at a garage sale
on the back of the above painting in John Calboms hand writing was
the letters "H.E." I think that "H.E." stands for Henry Every and
the painting is a painting of his lost treasure! So now that we
have proof that Henry Every last known location was around Moses
Lake, were could the treasure be hidden? I spent almost 13 years
trying to figure that out along with all the other treasure
hunters, fortune seekers, and geocachers in Moses Lake. The final
clue came after I discovered a geocache at the library #GC1WF7Z, I
saw a map on the library wall of all the city parks in Moses Lake.
On the map the 13th park listed was called "John E. Clabom Island
Park" Thats it!!! The missing location has got to be lucky 13, the
island park! I asked the old librarian if she knew any thing about
this park, and she said she had lived in Moses lake all her life
and that Island was donated by Clabom family after John Clabom
mysteriously disappeared. She said don't go out to that island its
haunted! The librarian said that John E. Clabom bought the Island
in 1951 and was often seen on the island digging. It's often said
that if you go to the island you will see "Signs" of John E. Clabom
to this day.
So are you up to doing a little treasure hunting? Do you have
what it takes to fight of a long dead Pirate Ghost that is
protecting his plunder? Will you discover the "Signs" of John E.
Clabom? This is your last warning this cache is not for the faint
at heart, you must come well prepared a life jacket is a must, a
schooner with 40 canons would be helpful too!
When you see the Jolly Roger flying over the island, that's your
last chance to turn around and flee before stepping foot on a real
Pirate island!
So keeping with the Geocache tradition this cache is set up to
swap out foreign coins, this is your chance to get rid of all your
foreign coins or swap foreign coins for different foreign
coins.
Good Luck and Have Fun!
