Countyasar Jackson County Indiana tana da wadataccen tarihin jirgin ƙasa. Yawancin layukan dogo sun ratsa ta yankin. Communitiesananan al'ummomin karkara sun haɓaka cikin yawan jama'a da masana'antu kuma suna maraba da waɗanda ke neman aiki da waɗanda ke sayen ƙasa kuma suke zama a yankin.
A ƙarshen ƙarshen 1840's, an gina titin jirgin ƙasa na Jeffersonville da Indianapolis zuwa arewa zuwa kudu ta hanyar Seymour, wanda a lokacin ake kira Mararraba ta Mule., Theasar ta mallaki dangin Garkuwa. A cikin 1852, wani kamfanin layin dogo daga gabas zuwa yamma yana da sha'awar ginawa a Seymour shima. Kamfanin Ohio-Mississippi Railroad Co. an ba shi wata yarjejeniya mai tsoka don yin gini a kan kayan Garkuwa ta Meedy Garkuwa. Har ma ya bayar da ginin cika mil 3 ta filayen marshlands, kadara don masauki, katafaren gini da shagon gyara kuma ya ba da sunan garin don injiniyan O&M, Charles Seymour. A cikin 1852, Seymour ya zama mahaɗan manyan layukan dogo biyu. Garkuwan Captain Meedy ya zama dan majalisar dattijan jihar kuma ya amintar da kudurin dokar kare lafiyar da ke bukatar duk jiragen kasa su tsaya a duk hanyoyin da jiragen kasa ke bi. Saboda shi, an tilasta layukan dogo biyu sun tsaya a Seymour, wanda ya kasance kyakkyawa ga kasuwanci da ƙaramin gari. An kafa Seymour a cikin 1864 tare da yawan 1,553.
Ayyukan James-Younger Game da Butch Cassidy da Sundance Kid almara ne, amma kaɗan sun san cewa wasu gangan gungun da ba a san su ba sun fara yin fashi da makami da jirgin ƙasa. An tashe su a yankin Rockford, an ce 'yan uwan Reno ba sa son makaranta da tsananin tarbiyyarsu. Fashin gida, satar doki, ƙone wuta da kuma aikata laifi a ko'ina cikin Midwest sune kawai farkon.
A ranar 6 ga Oktoba, 1866, John da Simeon Reno da Frank Sparks sun hau jirgin O&M a Seymour yayin da yake fita daga gari yana tilasta wa manzo ya bude amintaccen. Sun saci $ 12,000 zuwa $ 18,000 kuma sun tura wani hadari, ana jita-jitar cewa yana da $ 30,000 a ciki, daga jirgin. Wancan aminci, yana bayar da nauyi mai yawa, an watsar da shi.
Hukumar Bincike ta Pinkerton ce ta kame Renos kuma aka daure su a New Albany, IN (kimanin mil 55 na Seymour). Frank Reno da Charlie Anderson sun kasance a kurkuku a Kanada saboda laifin da suka aikata kuma an mika su zuwa New Albany.
