Missouri River Thrown Bonds Cache

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Missouri River Thrown Bonds Cache

Lost Treasure IA • Pottawattamie County County
Description
Council Bluffs Missouri River legend of $2,000 cash and $438,000 in bonds thrown into the river — a tale of desperate disposal rather than a mapped land cache.
Historical Notes
Pottawattamie County lost-treasure compilations repeat the thrown-bonds story along the Missouri at Council Bluffs. Treasure hunters have long speculated that some securities or strongbox contents washed ashore or were buried after the river disposal. The legend belongs to the same rail-banking corridor as Glenn Avenue and Weston James caches.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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