The Fatal Affair in Monte Diablo Canyon: The Convict Lake...
Reed, James S.![The Fatal Affair in Monte Diablo Canyon: The Convict Lake Story-Robbery, Murder and Vengeance in the Old West](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/158/15899796/CHSBZCOP0315899796.jpg)
In 1866 a gang from Indiana led by men named Reno and Sparks pulled off the first train robbery in history. Four years later in a copy-cat crime, the Central Pacific Railroad's Overland Express was robbed of over $41, 000 in gold coin by a bunch of petty criminals. Strangely enough, the latter robbery took place near the Nevada cities of Reno and Sparks. It was the West's first train robbery and the first of the new transcontinental railroad. ...