Dakota Datebook: Bowbells Booty Hunters

Sept. 11, 2018 — The residents of Bowbells and the surrounding area were armed with shovels in 1908 and were determined to find buried treasure. A story from the late 1800s was revived, and according to that story, a paymaster for the Hudson’s Bay Company was robbed in Canada while delivering salaries to men at several trading posts throughout the country. The loot was rumored to be about $...