Fabulous tales of fortunes in 1924, freshwater pearls taken from Mississippi River mussels are still told along the shores of Lake Pepin and in the declining pearl button cities like Muscatine, Iowa.

PICAYUNE, Miss. (WDAM) - A search of a property in Pearl River County earlier this month turned up quite the illegal menagerie. According to a Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks ...