Natchez Trace Outlaw Treasure: Mason's Gang and Lost Loot
A river pirate turned highwayman, an empty camp at Rocky Springs and buried gold nobody can prove. Here's what's documented about Mason's Mississippi loot, and what's pure campfire.
Prairie pirates, river legends and lost loot from the Land of Lincoln.
A river pirate turned highwayman, an empty camp at Rocky Springs and buried gold nobody can prove. Here's what's documented about Mason's Mississippi loot, and what's pure campfire.
Legend says river pirates buried stolen gold along Illinois' Fox River, then got wiped out. The records tell a stranger story: prairie pirates, a man named Fox and a buried bottle of loot.