The Great Missouri Train Robbery (1874)

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In broad daylight the James-Younger Gang, wearing masks rode into the small community of Gads Hill in the wilderness of south-eastern Missouri. They planned to use this settlement in the middle of nowhere to stop a train carrying a safe and lots of passengers..

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Sources:
Jesse James and the First Missouri Train Robbery
By Beights, Ronald H.
http://www.jcs-group.com/oldwest/outlaw/legend.html
http://www.civilwarstlouis.com/Reviews/missouritrainrobbery.htm
http://www.jcs-group.com/oldwest/outlaw/legend.html
http://www.civilwarstlouis.com/Reviews/missouritrainrobbery.htm
https://sundowntrailblog.com/2013/01/14/the-gads-hill-train-robbery/
http://www.angelfire.com/mi2/jamesyoungergang/gadshill.html