Waiwai ʻo Jackson County Indiana i ka mōʻaukala kaʻaahi. ʻO kekahi o nā laina kaʻa e hele i waena o ka wahi. Ua ulu nā kaiāulu kaiāulu liʻiliʻi i ka heluna kanaka a me ka ʻoihana a hoʻokipa i ka poʻe e ʻimi nei i ka hana a me ka poʻe e kūʻai ana i ka ʻāina a e noho ana ma ia wahi.
I ka makahiki 1840 i hala, ua kūkulu ʻia ke alahao ʻo Jeffersonville a me Indianapolis e hele ana i ka ʻākau-hema ma o Seymour, a laila i kapa ʻia ʻo Mule's Crossing., Na ka ʻohana Shields ka ʻāina. I ka 1852, hoihoi kahi hui kaʻaahi hikina-komohana e kūkulu i Seymour kekahi. Hāʻawi ʻia kahi ʻoihana ʻoihana ʻo Ohio-Mississippi Railroad Co. i kahi hana maikaʻi e kūkulu ai i ka waiwai Shields e Meedy Shields. Ua mōhai aku ʻo ia e kūkulu i 3 mile e hoʻopiha ai ma waena o ka marshlands, ka waiwai no kahi waihona, hale hoʻopuni a me ka hale kūʻai a ua hāʻawi ʻo ia e kapa i ke kaona no ka ʻenekini O&M, ʻo Charles Seymour. I 1852, ua lilo ʻo Seymour i huina o nā laina kaʻaahi nui ʻelua. Ua lilo ʻo Capt. Meedy Shields i kenekoa mokuʻāina a hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka holo ʻana o kahi pila palekana e koi ana i nā kaʻaahi a pau e kū ma nā huina kaʻa kaʻa āpau. Ma muli ona, ua koi ʻia nā ala kaʻaahi ʻelua e kū ma Seymour, kahi mea maikaʻi no ka ʻoihana a no ke kaona liʻiliʻi. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo Seymour i ka 1864 me ka heluna kanaka he 1,553.
ʻO ka hana o ka James-Younger Game a me Butch Cassidy a me ka Sundance Kid he mea kaulana ia, akā he kakaikahi wale nō ka mea i ʻike ʻia i ka ʻaihue kaʻaahi pūʻali koa i hoʻokumu ʻia e kahi hui liʻiliʻi i ʻike ʻia mai Jackson County. Ua hānai ʻia ma ka wahi ʻo Rockford, ua ʻōlelo ʻia nā kaikuaʻana Reno e makemake ʻole i ke kula a me kā lākou hānai koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka ʻaihue, ʻaihue lio, ʻaʻā ahi a me ke ahi o ka hewa a puni ka Midwest ka hoʻomaka wale nō.
Ma ʻOkakopa 6, 1866, ua kau ʻo John a me Simeon Reno lāua ʻo Frank Sparks ma kahi kaʻaahi O&M ma Seymour ke hele nei i waho o ke kaona e koi ana i ka ʻelele e wehe i kahi palekana. Ua ʻaihue lākou i $ 12,000 a i $ 18,000 a ua pahu aku lākou i kahi palekana hou, i lohe ʻia he $ 30,000 i loko, mai ke kaʻaahi. ʻO kēlā palekana, ke hāʻawi nei i ke kaumaha, ua haʻalele ʻia.
Ua hopu ʻia nā Renos e ka Pinkerton National Detective Agency a hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻia ma New Albany, IN (ma kahi o 55 mile o Seymour). Ua hoʻopaʻahao ʻia ʻo Frank Reno lāua ʻo Charlie Anderson ma Kanada no nā hewa i hana ʻia a ua lawe ʻia i New Albany.
