Fort Laramie Cheyenne Road Stagecoach Robbery — Goshen County

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Fort Laramie Cheyenne Road Stagecoach Robbery — Goshen County

Lost Treasure WY • Goshen County County
Description
Goshen County legend of $40,000 in gold coins from a stagecoach robbery cached on the Cheyenne–Fort Laramie road — an Oregon Trail supply-route holdup hoard.
Historical Notes
The Rocker Box records $40,000 in gold coins from a stagecoach robbery buried near the robbery site on the road between Cheyenne and Fort Laramire, citing Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of Old Wyoming. A related entry places $10,000 from a Sioux stagecoach robbery about twenty-two miles south of Fort Laramie. Together they anchor Goshen County to military-freight holdup folklore along the emigrant corridor. Coordinates approximate the Cheyenne–Fort Laramie stage road northeast of the fort. Private ranchland — legend only.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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