Reno Creek Road Agents Buried Cache Little Bighorn — Big Horn County

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Reno Creek Road Agents Buried Cache Little Bighorn — Big Horn County

Lost Treasure MT • Big Horn County County
Description
Little Bighorn legend of road-agent cash buried on the south bank of Reno Creek — four hundred yards from the river junction, sought by 1921 Billings treasure hunters after a dying outlaw's directions.
Historical Notes
The May 4, 1921 Great Falls Tribune reported O. W. Crawford of Billings claimed $83,000 buried forty years earlier; an unsigned El Paso letter said a Custer Cattle Company cowboy removed the cache from the south bank of Reno Creek, 400 yards from the Little Bighorn junction, in 1920. TreasureNet's Custer Country research places the actual hoard near the battlefield rather than in Billings proper, linking it to the 1888 Bitter Creek and "where two trails meet" stage-robbery tradition. Coordinates approximate Reno Creek south of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Monument and tribal lands — legend only.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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