The Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock

The Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock

This classic includes the following chapters:

This book is intended to give the authentic story of the famous Cave-in-Rock of the lower Ohio River, as collected from historic and romantic sources, and to present verified accounts of the most notorious of those highwaymen and river pirates who in the early days of the middle West and South filled the Mississippi basin with the alarm and terror of their crimes and exploits.

All the criminals herein treated made their headquarters at one time or another in this famous cavern. It became a natural, safe hiding-place for the pirates who preyed on the flatboat traffic before the days of steamboats. It came also to serve the same purpose for highwaymen infesting the old Natchez Trace and other land trails north and south.

A century ago and more, its rock-ribbed walls echoed the drunken hilarity of villains and witnessed the death struggles of many a vanished man. Today this former haunt of criminals is as quiet as a tomb. Nothing is left in the Cave to indicate the outrages that were committed there in the olden days.

The Purpose of this Narrative
The Lair of the Outlaws
Piracy and Rough Life on the River
The Harpesâ€”A Terrible Frontier Story
The Harpesâ€”Renewal of the Terror
The Harpesâ€”Big Harpeâ€™s Ride to Death
The Harpesâ€”Mysteries and Fate of Survivors
Masonâ€”Soldier, Pirate, Highwayman
Masonâ€”On the Natchez Trace
Masonâ€”Trapped and Tried
Mason and Harpeâ€”Double-Cross and Double Death
Coiners at the Cave
The Fordâ€™s Ferry Mystery
Paying the Penalty
The Cave in Fiction
Country USA
Author Otto A. Rothert
Binding Kindle Edition
Format Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages 370
PublicationDate 2015-01-08
ReleaseDate 2015-01-08

Country	USA
Author	Otto A. Rothert
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages	370
PublicationDate	2015-01-08
ReleaseDate	2015-01-08

The Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock

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