surlydog
Jr. Member
This is a story I stumbled on several years ago..Being from AZ. and an avid antique gun collector and history buff, I have collected many boxs on the west. One day while reading through a book on Buffalo Bill, written by him, I cmae across the description of his suffering a great misshap whilt taking his wild west show on tour. (1880"s).It was during his trip down the Mississippi that his boat struck an obstruction in the river and rapidly sunk. He was only able to save, I belive some buffalo, stagecoach and a few other animals. ALL of the rest of the show inventory went to the bottom of the river. That means, guns, and every other type artifact that they had on the boat..In doing further research, I found NO mention of anything ever being recovered. In his words" the boat was pulling into Rodney Landing MS. when the boat when down. I went last year to look over the area and found as current maps depicted, the river is now about 9 mi. from the town..I should say here< Rodney Landing is no longer in any sense a town. There are a few souls yet living there but by and large its fading away. One unique landmark at the site is an old church with a Confederate cannon ball still embedded in its wall. Seems some 'Yankees" from a river patrol stoped to attend services. a Confederate boat came by and began shelling the church until the locals insisted they stop, as they belived a church was for every and any man..At anyrate..If someone decides to pursue this< I would sure like to be in on the hunt, The land is pretty much wooded river bottom from what i coud see..Feel free to contact me.!
As you pointed out earlier the only problem is that you are looking for a needle in the haystack, it could be anywhere, or nowhere 
