Few People Know About The Missing Treasure Hiding Somewhere In Southwest Kansas
You’d be forgiven for thinking that missing treasure is the stuff of children’s legends. After all, we most commonly encounter lost chests of gold and silver in bedtime stories about pirates. But there’s actually a possibility that some hidden treasure in Kansas is real. It’s no secret that the Sunflower State has a Wild West history of outlaws. From the Dalton Gang to the colorful history of Dodge City, you’ll find plenty of stories about robbers in our wild and wacky past. One of the wildest was Henry Starr, who robbed numerous banks in the area and also was a silent film star. If you believe the legends, this notorious bandit hid a treasure in southwest Kansas that remains hidden even today!
Henry Starr was born in 1873 in present-day Oklahoma. At the tender age of 19, he began a life of crime, robbing railroad depots and banks, and even killing a deputy marshal who tried to arrest him.
He was sentenced to death for his crimes, but received a Presidential pardon from Teddy Roosevelt. After his pardon, he and his gang continued to rob banks through present-day Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
Nicknamed the Cherokee Badman, Starr claimed to have robbed nearly two dozen banks and several train depots. He was estimated to have netted at least $60,000.
He had several stints in prison, but was released early for good behavior in 1919. He briefly attempted to live a life without crime, and played himself in a silent bank robbery film called Debtor to the Law.
By 1921, he was struggling for cash and attempted to rob an Arkansas bank. He was shot during the robbery and died a few days later, but not all of the money from his many robberies was recovered.
He claimed that he hid his treasures "near the border in a place nobody could find it in a million years." It's thought to be somewhere in southwest Kansas along the Cimarron River in Stevens County, but has never been found.
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