Details for Sam Bass Train Robbery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5113006591

Data

Marker Number 6591
Atlas Number 5113006591
Marker Title Sam Bass Train Robbery
Index Entry Sam Bass Train Robbery
Address
City Mesquite
County Dallas
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 724694
UTM Northing 3627965
Subject Codes outlaws
Marker Year 1968
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location in Heritage Plaza, 200 block of W. Main near flag pole
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 20" x 20"
Marker Text Sam Bass -- with Seab Barnes, Hank Underwood, "Arkansas" Johnson, and Frank Jackson -- held up a Texas & Pacific train here, April 10, 1878. They took $152, but missed hidden shipment of $30,000. In planning a bank robbery 3 months later, Bass was fatally shot by rangers.

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