Boarding House Treasure — Ellis County

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Boarding House Treasure — Ellis County

Lost Treasure KS • Ellis County County
Description
Hays legend of a frontier boarding-house keeper who cached gambling winnings and traveler specie on the property before dying without revealing more than one small indoor stash.
Historical Notes
Hays City grew as a railroad and fort-town entrepôt on the Kansas Pacific line in Ellis County. Saloons, boarding houses, and dance halls concentrated cash from soldiers, cattle buyers, and railroad workers on the volatile frontier. Jameson and regional guides repeat the motif of a boarding-house operator who secreted wealth on the lot — in walls, under floorboards, and in outdoor holes — while living modestly in public. Searchers reportedly found one indoor cache after death but believed additional sums remained buried on the grounds. The tale belongs to the same Ellis County folklore cluster as Big Creek railroad-payroll legends and Round Mountain hoard traditions. Coordinates mark downtown Hays in Ellis County.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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