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Legacy of a Robbery on the Iron Mountain Railroad
Legacy of a Robbery on the Iron Mountain Railroad This is a factual account of the 1893 bank robbery on the Iron Mountain Railroad. Four part-time criminals and four full-time farmers joined forces to become what is best described as the 'One-Time-Only Train Robbing Gang'. They robbed a passenger train on the Saint Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railroad, in the village of Olyphant, Arkansa... more »s, on November 3, 1893. This is a factual narrative of the robbery and its aftermath, still unfolding after 103 years. To say it is a complete history of the crime would be presumptuous. There is more to discover. Three of the robbers were never captured, nor was the bulk of the money and jewelry recovered.« less