Sam Bass Train Robbery
(100 Yards NW)
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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 No: 6591
20 x 20 Aluminum Subject Marker
Geographic: 32° 46.009′ N, 96° 36.064′ W
Location: 200 Main Street, Mesquite
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