What is your key word in Forrest Fenn's Poem?

[secondfiddle]

Wood = Lumbre

[dalby2020]

Why and Wise - as hints to railroad Wye and Wyes

[goldhunter]

IMO Nigh was the key word. A Homonym of Nye, Montana. From there, you find Stillwater River and continue from there.

[rahrah]

Jun 5, 2020 10:28:24 GMT -5 astree said:

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“Theres a key word in almost every line”

That was one of forrests comments from an interview within the last six months; I don’t have the exact quote reference.

That is, at least in my solve, correct....it isn't the same word, but each word is a synonym of the answer to the riddle: Begin it where warm waters halt and take it in the canyon down, not far, but too far to walk.  That's the riddle in the poem.

[kp]

Paddle: No paddle up your creek implies that you go upstream, BUT also that you still have a “boat” right? Boat Mountain is your boat that guides you up “your creek” which is the tail water of the Madison River below Hebgen Dam. Move up stream until you no longer have a view of Boat Mt. (I.e. the backwards bicycle theory”). Boat=Blaze and it will be concealed when you get to a certain point up the Madison...near the old spillway.

[foolsgold]

"Alone" is my keyword that should help locate the starting point along the Continental Divide, e.g. Monarch Pass or Solomon.

[indulgenceseeker]

The key word is the ninth clue: just take the chest and go in peace. FF said get the big picture...and marry the clues to places on the map.

I have conjectured that the northern half of CO is now our search zone because of the picture of Indulgence taken shortly after discovery. See Why Colorado thread.
Northern half of CO

In the middle of the northern half of CO between Ft Collins and Steamboat Springs is an unnaturally uniform semi-circle of mountains formed around Cameron Pass.
Cameron Pass from 65 mi above

The Never Summer Range, the southern terminus of the Medicine Bow Range, and the edge of RMNP form the semi circle around the Cameron Pass area.
Never Summer Range @ 50,000'

Now rotate this image 90 degrees. (I've dropped in the location for where the treasure lies within this area as well.)
where the treasure lies

FF had this as his key to getting the big picture: the peace sign.
go in peace - the key clue to big picture

See Why Colorado for more complete solve.

[blazer]

I believe the word ALL is the key word.

It is the only word fully capitalized in TTOTC.

Forrest has made many references to Errol Flynn over the years. Errol Flynn did a recording of The Three Musketeers.

Forrest may have considered himself one of the three musketeers with his siblings or with Skippy and Donnie. The 3 Baby Ruth candy bar references also come into play, indicating he meant 3 Musketeers bar.

The riddle in the poem, I think, is "So hear me all and listen good".

If you consider All to be a subject you are speaking to. Hear me, All and listen good, All. The following unspoken part would be, All, for one, and one for, All. This could translate to All, 41 and 14 All, or 55, All.
This number has been referenced many times by Forrest in many hints, and even became the price of his book.

55 is a very important part of the solution to the poem.