In 1964, Chief Deputy Cliff Johnson, left, and Deputy Gordon Hood examined the $10,460 in buried treasure they helped find.
August 18, 2024
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August 18, 2024 1:05 a.m.
HUCKLEBERRIES: A light in the dark
Remembering the Bennett family's loss 65 years later
On Aug. 17, 1959, Irene Bennett’s world caved in. At 11:37 that night, Irene, her husband, Purley, and their four children were sleeping on the banks of the Madison River, near Yellowstone National Park, when the earth shook.