Taken from Neahkahnie Mountain with sun setting on the beach below.
Tales of buried treasure were born more than two centuries ago when, according to legend, a badly crippled, treasure-rich Spanish galleon strayed off course and was wrecked on the beach. American Indians told of seeing a monstrous canoe cast on the shore with its great white wings flapping in the wind. They said the men from the ship carried boxes from the wreck and buried them at the foot of the mountain. No one has ever found the treasure, but many artifacts, including a wine cup and beeswax, have been found.