LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln brewery owner wants to reopen Robber’s Cave and use its local lore to help sell some beer.

Legend has it that outlaw Jesse James used the cave as a hideout, but a local historian says there’s no evidence of that. In 1869 Lincoln Brewery enlarged the cave and stored barrels of beer and beer ingredients there.

Brian Podwinski, who owns Blue Blood Brewing, said he has a deal to buy the property and construct a building above ground to house his brewery and an expanded taproom and restaurant.

He was drawn to the site because of its history, and he says the Jesse James tale — true or not — is a perfect marketing peg for Blue Blood’s Outlaw line of beers.