Documented folklore from the Club 49 map, told straight and sourced.
A Wyoming lost-gold legend from the 1860s: a party of prospectors struck fabulous gold at a cabin somewhere in the Big Horn or Wind River country, but Native attacks killed all but one or two, who escaped and could never lead anyone back. The tale seeded real stampedes and even a town name (Lost Cabin). Like all such legends the gold is unproven; the country it haunts, the Big Horns and the Wind Rivers, is real, high and beautiful. Told as folklore.
The Big Horn / Wind River country (central Wyoming). Source: A classic Wyoming lost-mine legend that seeded real stampedes. The Club 49 map pins this legend at its documented country, beside the real mines, active claims, land status and modeled honey holes of the same ground. Open the free map and go stand in the story.
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