Granite City Gangster Lunch Bucket Money

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Granite City Gangster Lunch Bucket Money

Lost Treasure IL • Madison County County
Description
Granite City legend of twelve waterproof lunch buckets of gangster money buried on an outlaw's farm — a Metro East staple in Madison County treasure lore.
Historical Notes
Madison County guides credit a gangster's farm near Granite City with a dozen sealed lunch buckets stuffed with cash. The Metro East steel towns along the Mississippi were Prohibition-era smuggling corridors. No documented recovery appears in regional compilations, keeping the lunch-bucket legend active among local hunters.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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