according to legend, but not supported by historical records, the peralta family owned land near the superstition mountains. the peralta massacre is a legend that apaches supposedly ambushed a mining expedition the family sent into the mountains. some carved stones in the area are referred to as "peralta stones" and spanish text and crude maps on them are considered by some to be clues to the location of a peralta family gold mine in the superstition mountains, although others believe the stones to be modern fakes. the last patriarch of the family was supposedly a large landowner named don miguel peralta (who some claim was the one with the land grant (or perhaps sold a false land grant) that became part of the reavis fraud). the peralta mine in the superstition mountains is part of the legends about the origin of the lost dutchman's gold mine.