Place

Tena Bar, Columbia River

river beach

River beach0

Note

The sand beach on the Washington shore below Vancouver that OpenStreetMap maps as 'Tina Bar' (way 527241092). The money's exact find spot on it was not recorded by the FBI; the Citizen Sleuths relocated it in 2009 from the excavation photographs. The earlier point lay 400 m west, in the river channel.

Located in 1

Washington State

Place

PLC

Happened here 3

Brian Ingram finds three bundles of ransom bills at Tena Bar; the FBI excavates; Palmer examines the site

Event

EVT

Kaye and Meltzer publish the diatom analysis of the Tena Bar bills

Event

EVT

Tom Kaye's team surveys Tena Bar and begins electron-microscope work on the tie and bills

Event

EVT

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Tena Bar, Columbia River [Place PLC0D6SWZ9A4FJE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0D6SWZ9A4FJE

@misc{mysteriesdept_plc0d6swz9a4fje,
  title     = {Tena Bar, Columbia River},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Place, catalog key PLC0D6SWZ9A4FJE},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0D6SWZ9A4FJE}
}