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. |