Cole Younger Robber's Canyon $110,000 Gold

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Cole Younger Robber's Canyon $110,000 Gold

Lost Treasure OK • Mayes County County
Description
1910 Mayes County legend that Cole Younger searched Robber's Canyon five miles west of Pryor for $110,000 in James gang gold marked by a snake-carved rock from 1870s southern Kansas robberies.
Historical Notes
After his 1901 parole, Cole Younger visited Oklahoma three years after statehood and allegedly told trusted locals he sought Jesse James's buried hoard. The cache was supposedly marked by a rock with a large snake carved by Jesse; decades of plowing and fencing erased the landmark. Frank James simultaneously traced old trail carvings near the Wichita and Keechi hills — part of a broader pattern of 20th-century recoveries that lend credibility to the tales.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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