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Jesse James’ First Train Robbery: July 21, 1873

By On Location with Jerri and Matt / May 27, 2025August 22, 2025

On the night of July 21, 1873, Jesse James and his gang committed the first successful train robbery in the American West near Adair, Iowa. They derailed a Rock Island Railroad train by removing a section of track, causing a deadly crash that killed the engineer. Armed and masked, the gang boarded the wreckage, held…

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