Dry Creek Canyon Rhoades Gold Shootout

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Dry Creek Canyon Rhoades Gold Shootout

Lost Treasure UT • Summit County County
Description
1890s Uinta Mountains legend of outlaw Matt Warner killing two brothers in Dry Creek Canyon during an ambush over stashed Lost Rhoades gold — Warner later became Carbon County sheriff and hunted the mine for life.
Historical Notes
Utah Stories ties Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch intelligence about Rhoades gold in Dry Creek Canyon to Warner's gunfight after a failed ambush. Warner served prison time, then law enforcement, while continuing to pursue Rhoades Mine folklore across the High Uintas. Coordinates approximate Dry Creek Canyon country in the south Uinta slope treasure-hunting district.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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