Bolton Hotel Cellar Scotts Bluff

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Bolton Hotel Cellar Scotts Bluff

Lost Treasure NE • Scotts Bluff County County
Description
Scottsbluff legend of one hundred thousand dollars in gold and currency buried in the cellar of the burned Bolton Hotel — never recovered.
Historical Notes
Scottsbluff grew as a railroad and sugar-beet center beneath Scotts Bluff National Monument. Compiled guides place one hundred thousand dollars in gold and currency in the cellar of the Bolton Hotel before it burned. The hoard has never been reported recovered from the hotel site in Scotts Bluff County.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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