Buffalo Wallow Forty Thousand Fused Gold — Kidder County

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Buffalo Wallow Forty Thousand Fused Gold — Kidder County

Lost Treasure ND • Kidder County County
Description
Kidder County legend of a fused mass of $40,000 in gold buried in a buffalo wallow southwest of Carrington — a Great Plains anthology tale that also appears in Foster, Stutsman, and Wells county variants.
Historical Notes
The Rocker Box Kidder County list records a fused mass of $40,000 in gold in a buffalo wallow southwest of Carrington, citing Buried Treasures of the Great Plains. Prairie potholes and old bison wallows dot the Carrington plateau where James River tributaries drain toward the Missouri system. Coordinates approximate open prairie southwest of Carrington. Distinct from the Kensal Fort Totten trail map legend in Stutsman County — legend only.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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