{"id":1307,"slug":"monte-ne-resort-site-arkansas","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Monte Ne is the dreamed — the 'mountain water' that's the name's mean, the 'Coin Harvey' that's the silver man's build. The 'pyramid planned' is the warned — the '130 feet' that's the message's tomb, the 'civilization ends' that's the fear drove. The 'Liberty ran' is the tried — the '32 convention' that's the amphitheater hosted, the 'sixth place' that's the votes got.","The 'Beaver drowned' is the ended — the '66 dam' that's the lake filled, the 'towers peek' that's the low water's show. The 'log hotels' is the built — the 'world's largest' that's the rows' claim, the 'Oklahoma Row' that's the last stood. Monte Ne is the sunk — the 'Atlantis' that's the locals' name, the 'concrete vault' that's the founder's grave.","The file keeps Monte Ne: the dreamed resort, the unfinished pyramid, the drowned town, and the founder's vault.","Monte Ne is the archive's Arkansas file — the resort that sleeps under Beaver Lake."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Monte Ne is the archive's Arkansas file — the pyramid for future civilizations, drowned by the present.","A town keeps its tower — the file's suggestion being that Monte Ne's hold is the emerged: the 'low water' that's the ruins shown, the 'Coin's fear' that's the pyramid's cause, and the 'lake filled' that's the ending made."]}],"name":"Monte Ne Resort Site","aliases":["Monte Ne","Silver Springs"],"type":"SUBMERGED_GHOST_TOWN","type_label":"Submerged Ghost Town","cats":["GHOST_TOWN","MYSTERIOUS_STRUCTURE","HISTORIC_SITE","SUBMERGED"],"groups":["ghost-towns","unexplained"],"desc":"Submerged ghost town in Arkansas; research record.","full_desc":"Monte Ne Resort Site is a submerged ghost town in Arkansas. Submerged ghost town in Arkansas; research record. William “Coin” Harvey established the resort in 1900. An intended civilization-preserving pyramid remained unfinished; Beaver Lake later inundated much of the site. Removal of the Oklahoma Row hotel ruins began in 2023.","address":null,"city":"Rogers","county":"Benton County","state":"Arkansas","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":36.318085,"lon":-94.152287,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":1900,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":"National Register of Historic Places (1978)","current_use":null,"research_notes":"Not all visible ruins shown in older photographs still survive. The encyclopedia’s user-comment anecdote is not treated as an editorially verified paranormal claim. Current shoreline access and water conditions require owner verification.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":67.9,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":1,"paranormal_claim_provenance":null,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[],"history":[{"description":"William “Coin” Harvey established the resort in 1900. An intended civilization-preserving pyramid remained unfinished; Beaver Lake later inundated much of the site. Removal of the Oklahoma Row hotel ruins began in 2023. Monte Ne Resort Site's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. Sources including 'Monte Ne (Benton County)' carry the record. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Monte Ne (Benton County)","url":"https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/Monte-Ne-Benton-County-334/","publisher":"Central Arkansas Library System","type":"LIBRARY_ARCHIVE","authority":1}},{"description":"Monte Ne opened in 1901; it was flooded by Beaver Lake in 1964. The amphitheater and a submerged pyramid remain. The documented date is 1901-01-01–1964-01-01. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. Sources including 'Monte Ne' carry the record. The date is part of the site's documented spine.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":"1901-01-01","date_end":"1964-01-01","confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Monte Ne","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Ne","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[{"name":"Beaver Lake flooding","type":"FLOODING","date_start":"1964-01-01","date_end":null,"description":"In 1964, Beaver Lake filled behind its new dam and drowned what remained of Monte Ne — Coin Harvey's turn-of-the-century resort town that had hosted an amphitheater, a planned pyramid time capsule, and a presidential candidate. At low water the amphitheater's concrete tiers still surface like a drowned Oz, drawing kayakers and photographers every dry season.","evidence":"FLOODING","source":{"name":"Monte Ne","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Ne","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research before visiting; check nps.gov for current hours and alerts.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Monte Ne (Benton County)","url":"https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/Monte-Ne-Benton-County-334/","publisher":"Central Arkansas Library System","type":"LIBRARY_ARCHIVE","authority":1},{"name":"Monte Ne","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Ne","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[{"field_name":"short_description","existing_value":"Submerged ghost town in Arkansas; research record.","incoming_value":"Coin Harvey’s drowned resort—where the amphitheater rises from Beaver Lake.","notes":"Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite."},{"field_name":"full_description","existing_value":"Monte Ne Resort Site is a submerged ghost town in Arkansas. Submerged ghost town in Arkansas; research record. William “Coin” Harvey established the resort in 1900. An intended civilization-preserving pyramid remained unfinished; Beaver Lake later inundated much of the site. Removal of the Oklahoma Row hotel ruins began in 2023.","incoming_value":"Monte Ne is the 1901 Ozark resort founded by William \"Coin\" Harvey—now largely beneath Beaver Lake, its amphitheater rising eerily at low water. The submerged ruin is a documented landmark of Arkansas oddity.","notes":"Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite."},{"field_name":"research_notes","existing_value":"Not all visible ruins shown in older photographs still survive. The encyclopedia’s user-comment anecdote is not treated as an editorially verified paranormal claim. Current shoreline access and water conditions require owner verification.","incoming_value":"Lore enrichment; VERIFY task auto-queued.","notes":"Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite."}],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":0,"history":2,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":2}}