Buffalo National River Outlaw Payroll

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Buffalo National River Outlaw Payroll

Lost Treasure AR • Newton County County
Description
Buffalo River country lore of Confederate payroll or bushwhacker loot cached in bluff caves along the river — tied to Civil War traffic through Newton and Searcy counties.
Historical Notes
National Park Service Civil War along the Buffalo materials note guerrilla activity and supply movement through the Ozark Plateau, which later spawned treasure variants. Folklore places strongboxes in limestone shelters above the Buffalo's turquoise bends, hidden when Union patrols threatened river crossings near Jasper and Ponca. The stories echo broader Ozark "payroll cave" templates applied to the nation's first national river corridor.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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