Murrell gang
Jr. Member
- Aug 16, 2011
- 93
- 114
- Detector(s) used
- Garrett Ace 250,bounty hunter tracker 4,Garrett pro pointer
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Estanaula a town in the south west corner of Haywood county on the N.E. bank of Big Hatchie river. In Cherokee language it means "here we cross" a one time ferry on the Big Hatchie river it was an important shipping point to Memphis. Tragedies occurred here, such as the ferry boats which sank carrying George and Louis, twins only ten years old to their deaths. they were buried in the old Baptist cemetery in twin graves, brick enclosed. According to tradition.$30.000 stolen from a Brownsville bank was buried between these graves and remained there until the 1920's.When someone who knew the secret hiding place removed the money. It was here that Virgil Stewart met up with the infamous land pirate John Murrell and began the journey that led to his capture. It was here that one of Jesse James gang came to camp each year when the heat got to hot. It was here that the notorious Fielding Hurst camped as he prayed upon this section of West Tennessee.
