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Russelville Located in Logan County. In 1868 Jesse James and his gang robbed the Russelville bank of $50,000 in gold coins. As the town posse closed in on them, they cached their loot somewhere outside the town. Paducah Located in McCracken County. During the 1930's, James Langstaff, a local merchant, buried $75,000 in gold coins somewhere inside his hardware store. West Paducah Near Metropolis, on the south side of the Ohio River in McCracken County, silver coins from the late nineteenth century have been found on the river bank. They may have been washed up on shore from a riverboat wreck. Henderson Located rte 1, in Henderson county. On the banks of the Ohio River, approximately half a mile east of Henderson, gold and silver coins have been found. The wreck of a riverboat can be seen in the river. Possibly, the coins washed up on shore from this wreck. The Harpe Brothers Treasure Harpe's Head Road, located approximately 10 miles south of Henderson, in Henderson County.
The Harpe brothers supposedly buried a cach of gold coins somewhere in a cave above a stream.
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