Ellis Wells Fargo Railroad Payroll — Big Creek

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Ellis Wells Fargo Railroad Payroll — Big Creek

Lost Treasure KS • Ellis County County
Description
Ellis legend of a robbed $22,000 railroad payroll from the 1870 Wells Fargo office stashed along limestone banks of Big Creek outside town — never found.
Historical Notes
In 1870 bandits robbed $22,000 in railroad payroll from the Wells Fargo office at Ellis on the Kansas Pacific line. Local tradition places the stash along Big Creek's limestone banks just outside town. Union Pacific heritage and frontier railroad lore anchor the story. Ellis County metal-detector enthusiasts still cite the 1870 robbery among classic Kansas prairie hunts.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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