Bellevue River Pirates Loot

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Bellevue River Pirates Loot

Lost Treasure IA • Jackson County County
Description
Bellevue Mississippi River legend of river pirates burying loot on the bluffs — one of several Jackson County cache tales along the Iowa–Illinois border.
Historical Notes
Jackson County guides credit river pirates with concealed hoards near Bellevue on the Mississippi. Bellevue was a steamboat landing and lumber town where river commerce attracted bandits and counterfeiters in the nineteenth century. Companion legends name a villain called Brown and generic bandit caches in the same Bellevue country.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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