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CRIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI
John A Murrell - Land Pirate
by Bill Matteson
Legends Magazine
John A Murrell - Land Pirate
by Bill Matteson
Legends Magazine
From Desoto, Wisconsin to Hannibal Missouri into the books of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
The author Samuel Clemens, AKA Mark Twain, actually looked for the treasure of Pirate John Murrel. Having no success in real life, he worked a
successful discovery into the Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Fin.
Sam Clemons who grew up in the Hannibal MO area was well acquainted with all the local stories and folklore caused me to always wonder if the
Tom Sawyer stories were a lot of his own early youthful adventures.
John Murrell had a hideout on the east side of the Mississippi above Desoto WI and raided all the way down to Natchez MI.
He had a 20 year career as a highwayman and pirate; most of his raiding was from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin south to St Louis, Missouri and
back hitting flat boats and army trains.
He liked the Army trains being that they carried money, whereas flat boats seldom had any coin of the realm.
The Army trains crossed the Mississippi about a mile north of Prairie Du Chien. The Army Corp of Engineers built a floating pontoon bridge into
McGregor, IA
The Flat boats usually only carried goods as might be found in a General store, but this took time to fence and turn a profit. The flatboat itself was
the prize.
A lot of people wondered how those flat boats ever made it back up the river Answer is …they didn't. They were loosely put together so they could be
dismantled easily . St Louis to New Orleans and all river towns in between needed the cut planks for building but mainly for sidewalks.
When Murrell wasn't working the river he was plying his trade on the Natchez Trace which runs from Nashville Tennessee to Natchez Mississippi.
Legends have it that he left a vault filled with treasure at Natchez and one at Rockport Illinois.
John Murrel died at age 38 so he crammed in a lot of skullduggery in his short time. Even yet today, people are searching for the lost treasures of
the Pirate John Murrel.
The author Samuel Clemens, AKA Mark Twain, actually looked for the treasure of Pirate John Murrel. Having no success in real life, he worked a
successful discovery into the Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Fin.
Sam Clemons who grew up in the Hannibal MO area was well acquainted with all the local stories and folklore caused me to always wonder if the
Tom Sawyer stories were a lot of his own early youthful adventures.
John Murrell had a hideout on the east side of the Mississippi above Desoto WI and raided all the way down to Natchez MI.
He had a 20 year career as a highwayman and pirate; most of his raiding was from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin south to St Louis, Missouri and
back hitting flat boats and army trains.
He liked the Army trains being that they carried money, whereas flat boats seldom had any coin of the realm.
The Army trains crossed the Mississippi about a mile north of Prairie Du Chien. The Army Corp of Engineers built a floating pontoon bridge into
McGregor, IA
The Flat boats usually only carried goods as might be found in a General store, but this took time to fence and turn a profit. The flatboat itself was
the prize.
A lot of people wondered how those flat boats ever made it back up the river Answer is …they didn't. They were loosely put together so they could be
dismantled easily . St Louis to New Orleans and all river towns in between needed the cut planks for building but mainly for sidewalks.
When Murrell wasn't working the river he was plying his trade on the Natchez Trace which runs from Nashville Tennessee to Natchez Mississippi.
Legends have it that he left a vault filled with treasure at Natchez and one at Rockport Illinois.
John Murrel died at age 38 so he crammed in a lot of skullduggery in his short time. Even yet today, people are searching for the lost treasures of
the Pirate John Murrel.
