Thurman Gold Caches

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Thurman Gold Caches

Lost Treasure IA • Fremont County County
Description
Fremont County legend of several caches of gold or other valuables buried near Thurman in the southwest corner of Iowa.
Historical Notes
Iowa Legends of Buried Treasure lists multiple Thurman-area caches without tying them to a single robbery or miner. Thurman sits in the Missouri River hills of Fremont County near the Nebraska and Missouri borders. The tale belongs to the same southwest Iowa treasure corridor as Council Bluffs and Weston James legends.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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