Sabula $40,000 Buried Cache

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Sabula $40,000 Buried Cache

Lost Treasure IA • Jackson County County
Description
Sabula island-town legend of $40,000 buried a few miles from the Mississippi community — Iowa's easternmost city and a recurring name in Jackson County treasure lists.
Historical Notes
Buried Treasures You Can Find places a forty-thousand-dollar cache near Sabula without documenting the original source of the wealth. Sabula sits on an island in the Mississippi at the eastern tip of Iowa, surrounded by backwaters and river bottoms. The figure matches other large-round-number Iowa legends from Charlton Grant's compilations.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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