Canyon Springs Stage Station

Wyoming

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, June 5, 2009

1. Canyon Springs Stage Station Marker

Inscription. Scene of the only successful raid on a Deadwood Treasure coach on September 26, 1878, the Treasure Coach, carrying between $20,000 and $140,000 (reports vary) was held up at this place. Hugh Campbell, a passenger, was killed and the driver, Gale Hill, was badly wounded. Scott Davis, the shotgun messenger, killed one of the outlaws and fatally wounded another, the others escaped. Part of the treasure was recovered. Legend has it that some of the gold was buried near here. The little log station was torn down a few years ago.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Events. A significant historical year for this entry is 1878.

Location. Marker has been permanently removed. It was located near 44° 4.635′ N, 104° 8.258′ W. Marker was in Four Corners, Wyoming, in Weston County. It was on U.S. 85, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 24697 US-85, Newcastle WY 82701, United States of America.

We have been informed that this marker is no longer there and will not be replaced. This page is an archival view of what was.

Regionally, this marker was

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in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin.

It was also in the American Mountain West,

in the Black Hills,

on the Great Plains,

on the Northern Plains,

and specifically on the High Plains.

Globally, it was in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within 16 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Canyon Springs Station: (within shouting distance of this marker); Cambria Salt Mine (approx. 7.3 miles away); Cambria Park (approx. 8.6 miles away); Flying V Cambria Inn (approx. 8.9 miles away); Salt Creek Overlook (approx. 10.9 miles away); Cambria (approx. 11.3 miles away); Inyan Kara Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 16 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Custer Expedition (was approx. 11.8 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

More about this marker. Per Google Street View the marker was missing by August 2012.

Also see . . . Canyon Springs Stage Robbery (Wyoming Almanac). (Submitted on July 21, 2026.)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 21, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 20, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. This page has been viewed 12 times since then. Photo 1. submitted on July 20, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.