If you’re interested in American railroads and Oregon history, and even if you’re not, this is an important centennial year.
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Tags: DeAutremont brothers, railroad, Railroad history, Southern Pacific, train robbery, Tunnel 13
Tags: DeAutremont brothers, railroad, Railroad history, Southern Pacific, train robbery, Tunnel 13
100 years later: Remembering Tunnel 13
On Thursday I sat outside the former courthouse in Jacksonville where, 96 years ago, three “former Albany boys” were sentended to life in prison for killing four men in the last train robbery of the West.
Tags: Ashland, D'Autremont, De Autremont, Jacksonville, Siskiyou Mountains, Southern Pacific, train robbery, Tunnel 13