Engelhardt Hill Fort Keogh Stage Payroll

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Engelhardt Hill Fort Keogh Stage Payroll

Lost Treasure ND • Morton County County
Description
1878 Fort Keogh Trail legend of a stage driver hiding $2,000 in gold coins south of Engelhardt Hill near Hebron before Dakota warriors killed him — searchers found his mutilated notebook but never the payroll.
Historical Notes
The U.S. Army ran a stage line between Fort Abraham Lincoln and Fort Keogh, Montana, until the Northern Pacific Railroad reduced frontier traffic. Roughly sixty miles west of Bismarck the driver slipped off the trail, cached the Fort Keogh soldier pay, and was overtaken before reaching the post. Hebron-area residents including Stanley Reetz told 1988 reporters that locals still occasionally searched Engelhardt Hill and Haymarsh country for the coins.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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