Monitor's Stolen Fortune — Fall River County

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Monitor's Stolen Fortune — Fall River County

Lost Treasure SD • Fall River County County
Description
September 1878 legend of two large Homestake gold bars never recovered after the Canyon Springs Monitor stage robbery southwest of Deadwood — 700 pounds of bullion seized, but the bars vanished.
Historical Notes
On September 26, 1878, outlaws ambushed the steel-lined Monitor treasure coach at Canyon Springs Station, killing passenger Hugh Campbell and wounding guards. Homestake and the stage line recovered over sixty percent of the haul, yet two heavy gold bars from the supposedly impregnable safe remained missing. Cornelius "Lame Johnny" Donahue was later lynched near Buffalo Gap. Treasure writers tie the unrecovered bars to caches along the Cheyenne–Deadwood stage road in Fall River County. Coordinates approximate Canyon Springs station country southwest of Deadwood.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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