Sam Bass Black Hills Stage Bandit Caches

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Sam Bass Black Hills Stage Bandit Caches

Lost Treasure SD • Lawrence County County
Description
1876–1877 Deadwood legend of Sam Bass, Joel Collins, and the Black Hills Bandits robbing seven stagecoaches before turning to the Big Springs train holdup — folklore imagines unrecovered Deadwood strongbox loot cached in the gulches.
Historical Notes
The gang hit the Deadwood Stage line repeatedly; on March 25, 1877, they killed driver Johnny Slaughter two miles outside town as horses bolted toward Deadwood. Calamity Jane folklore claims she helped stop the runaway coach after the shooting. After seven stage robberies yielded modest returns, the bandits robbed the Union Pacific at Big Springs, Nebraska, for $60,000 in fresh twenty-dollar gold pieces on September 18, 1877.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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