Horse Thief Lake Stage Holdup Cache

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Horse Thief Lake Stage Holdup Cache

Lost Treasure SD • Pennington County County
Description
Pennington County legend of gold and jewelry from a Black Hills stagecoach holdup buried near Horse Thief Lake in the central hills west of Rapid City.
Historical Notes
The Rocker Box Pennington County lost-treasure list places stage-robbery bullion and jewelry near Horse Thief Lake. Deadwood-Cheyenne treasure coaches and road agents made the lakes country a recurring setting for unrecovered strongbox tales. Horse Thief Lake sits in the Black Hills National Forest southwest of Hill City along the Needles Highway country.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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