Billings Stage Robbers $83,000 Buried Gold — Yellowstone County

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Billings Stage Robbers $83,000 Buried Gold — Yellowstone County

Lost Treasure MT • Yellowstone County County
Description
Billings legend of $83,000 in road-agent gold buried near the Wyoming–Montana boundary — revived in 1921 when pioneer M. F. Anderson claimed a dying bandit revealed the cache location after a forty-year stage-robbery haul.
Historical Notes
The April 25, 1921 Great Falls Tribune reported Billings pioneer Anderson (alias O. W. Crawford) arrested on a Missouri larceny warrant, claiming a partner framed him to steal a share of $83,000 hidden forty years earlier by stage robbers near the Wyoming–Montana line. TreasureNet's Billings research ties the tale to Thomas P. Terry's United States Treasure Atlas brief on hidden loot near Billings and to Jean Moore's Treasure State Treasure Tales "Where Two Trails Meet" stagecoach robbery variant. A May 4, 1921 follow-up claimed a Custer Cattle Company cowboy recovered the Reno Creek cache in 1920; historians debate amounts and locations. Coordinates mark downtown Billings as the legend's hub. Legend only.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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