The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-15
BURIED TREASURES IN
POWDER RIVER COUNT
Early Day History Of Powder RivJ
County Proves Captain Kidd Has
Nothing ON Them

Fifteen men on a dead man
chest, 20 no, and bottle O. rum"
According to stories current arouu
B1oadus quite a number OF the cit
zens of Powder River county hav
for some time been searching wit
more or less diligence for treasure
said to be buried along the famou
river. These treasures consist OF I'm
old whiskeys and brandios with
guarantee blown in every bottle and
casque--sunshine from the slopes o
long ago-sged and perfected b
the years until it has become q nee
tar fit for the gods, like Burns
roaming swats that drank divinely.
How did the liquor get there? THAT
is Il story of the early days. Some
bold bad adventures were engaged
in bootlegg ng traffic with the In
dams. The redskins one day became
ugly and warlike. Some of them had
imbibed considerable firewater andI
the booze vendors were afraid they|
would make raid on the liquod rel
freshments and if they got any more|
under the influence than they were|
they would kill off all the iniquitous
whites. So they cached their booze
and beat it. The government got
wise and the Illicit rum sellers never
returned to that locality to claim
their property.
! The lapse OF years has not only
improved the quality of the wet goods
but recent developments have en-
HANGED the monetary value many fold
SO that the stuff has become a veri-
table Captain Kidd's treasure, to be
eagerly sought for by MANY thirsty
and avaricious souls.
Another story that one hears FREE
quently in our neighboring county to
the west is that there are a number
Of old cannons buried in the sand
somewhere along the shores Of Pow
der river. The story concern ng these
old cannons is heard frequently. Diff
ferent persons are reported to have
seen portions of the ancient guns pro-
trnding from the sands. One story
is that detachment of United States
troops at one time We're travelling
through the territory to western
fort dra gging the cannon along with
them. There came a rumor that they
were about to be attacked by SUI
perior force Of Indians and they ADAM
doned the cannon and fled. A prom
inent citizen Of EIalaka rs authority
for the statement that DR.. Craig Of
Piniele knows the exact location Of
these buried cannon. He says the
bank Of the river caved off and COW
cred them up completely. William
Freese OF Ekalaka saw wagon and
cannon in the locality mentioned a
number of years ago but they are no
longer visible.
The story concerning these old can
mons is corrohorated by David II. Rus
sell, who told the writer several wears
GSO lAut they NSIC Ou
Powder river some time in the SOS.
The commander Of the troops who
left thc!n was Colonel Thornberg. II
the old relics should ever be recover
ed they Hsoull make interesting fix
itures so" some court house square or
public school park. = kalaka Ea gle.
The Bro.dus Chamber of Com
m cree is familiar With the location of
/ the abandoned cannons near Broadus
and il is probable they will he re-
COVE cred and installed to adorn the
court house square in Broadns.
! So far as the WhiSkey cache story
goes. the Eagles information is news
to people hereabouts.