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Sam Bass Train Robbery

Mesquite, Dallas County

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.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description in Heritage Plaza, 200 block of W. Main near flag pole
Marker # 6591
Dedicated 1968
Size, Type 20" x 20"
Code outlaws
Latitude, Longitude 32.766652, -96.601278

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