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Windsor Twenty Million Pirate Gold

Lost Treasure CT • Hartford County County
Description
Windsor legend of up to twenty million dollars in pirate gold buried near the town — among Connecticut's richest inland pirate hoard figures.
Historical Notes
Windsor sits on the Connecticut River in northern Hartford County above Hartford. Compiled New England guides credit pirates with concealing as much as twenty million dollars near Windsor. The tale links to Salmon Brook and Connecticut River pirate traditions in the same county compilations.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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