The bizarre tale of William Hope "Coin" Harvey

Daniel Larusso says:

William Hope "Coin" Harvey was a businessman, author and former Presidential candidate. He was also a first-class eccentric, building a large (now underwater) resort in the middle of the then Arkansas wilderness and partially building a "knowledge pyramid" -- a time capsule of sorts set to house the collected knowledge of our civilization. Harvey was sure our civilization was headed for collapse and he wanted our knowledge found by our distant descendants so they could start over.

My friends at Xoom, investigators of the unexplained, just did a quick post on Harvey -- the first of several planned -- and they are about to take a trip to Monte Ne, Arkansas and do some fieldwork on the matter.

The bizarre tale of William Hope "Coin" Harvey

[#1 posted by Falcon_Seven , July 24, 2008 6:20 PM]

There are some great pics of Monte Ne on the site. It's kind of like a hillbilly Herculaneum, without the volcano and the ash.

[#2 posted by Ray DelMundo , July 24, 2008 6:37 PM]

He also had a beautiful old home in Huntington WV that is awaiting restoration.

The Coin Harvey House

[#3 posted by zuzu , July 25, 2008 9:59 AM]

Woah, it's the previous era's Danny Hillis.