This is one man’s true story of youthful exuberance, frightening near misses, near starvation, and, the thrill of the hunt for gold. Despite getting out some fairly good hauls of several pounds of gold a day, like most jayhawkers, Dow eventually had no fortune to show for it. But Dow Stephens does have one whale of a story to tell and he was successful in some of his business dealings.

