THE OUTLAW YEARS: THE HISTORY OF THE LAND PIRATES OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE by Robert M. Coates James Calk keeps a diary: 1775 Mon 13th [March?] “I set out from prince william to travel to caintuck. . . . “Thursday i6th We started early it rained Chief part of the day. . . . “Wednesday…
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Cave-In-Rock, Illinois – Legends of Keelboats, Frontiers, and Native Americans on the Ohio River
Image Credit: Ohio Scenic River Byway The Cave “River pirates were some of the earliest settlers around Cave-in-Rock who preyed on the Ohio River flatboats, keelboats, and rafts, as profitable targets of goods, attacking the crews and pioneers who were easily overwhelmed and killed. … Wikipedia History “From the 1790s to the 1870s, the area around Cave-in-Rock was…