Ultimately, there's very little evidence to connect it to either the ghost town of Monte Cristo in Washington or Alexandre Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo," two commonly suggested inspirations.

The Count of Monte Cristo tells the story of Edmund Dantes, a young man wrongly imprisoned in the island prison of the Chateau d'If who makes a daring escape, recovers a hidden fortune and returns ...

Before that, Alexandre Dumas's French adventure novel "The Count of Monte Cristo" was published in 1844, and still further ...

After an evening at Jacopo's home, Edmond borrows Jacopo's boat and navigates to the Island of Monte-Cristo in search of the lost treasure. Five years after Edmond becomes the Count of Monte ...