Jackson County Indiana ili ndi mbiri yanjanji zambiri. Njanji zingapo zimadutsa mderali. Madera ang'onoang'ono akumidzi adakula ndi kuchuluka kwa mafakitale ndipo amalandila omwe akufuna ntchito ndi omwe amagula malo ndikukhazikika m'derali.
Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1840, njanji ya Jeffersonville ndi Indianapolis idamangidwa kumpoto chakumwera kudzera ku Seymour, komwe kumadziwika kuti Mule's Crossing., Dzikolo linali la banja la a Shields. Mu 1852, kampani yanjanji yakum'mawa-kumadzulo idakondwereranso zomanga ku Seymour. Ohio-Mississippi Railroad Co idapatsidwa mwayi wopanga ndalama zapa Shields ndi Meedy Shields. Adadziperekanso kuti amange ma mile 3 kudzaza m'madambo, malo a depot, nyumba yozungulira ndi malo ogulitsira ndipo adapatsa dzina la tawuniyi kwa mainjiniya a O&M, Charles Seymour. Mu 1852, Seymour adakhala mphambano ya njanji ziwiri zazikulu. Capt Meedy Shields adakhala senema waboma ndipo adateteza chikalata chachitetezo chofuna kuti sitima zonse ziyimilire pamphambano za njanji. Chifukwa cha iye, njanji ziwirizi zidakakamizidwa kuyima ku Seymour, komwe kunali koyenera kubizinesi komanso tawuni yaying'ono. Seymour anaphatikizidwa mu 1864 ndi anthu 1,553.
Zochita za James-Younger Game ndi Butch Cassidy ndi Sundance Kid ndizodziwika bwino, koma owerengeka ndi omwe amadziwa kuti kuba sitima zankhondo kunapangidwa ndi gulu lodziwika bwino kuchokera ku Jackson County. Atakulira m'dera la Rockford, abale a Reno akuti sakonda sukulu komanso kuleredwa bwino. Kuba, kuba mahatchi, kuwotcha komanso kuwotcha milandu ku Midwest zinali chiyambi chabe.
Pa Okutobala 6, 1866, a John ndi Simeon Reno ndi a Frank Sparks adakwera sitima ya O&M ku Seymour pomwe idatuluka kunja kwa tawuni kukakamiza mthengayo kuti atsegule chitetezo. Anaba $ 12,000 mpaka $ 18,000 ndikukankhira wina wotetezeka, akumamveka kuti ali ndi $ 30,000 mkati, m'sitima. Chitetezo chimenecho, cholemera kwambiri, chidasiyidwa.
A Renos adagwidwa ndi Pinkerton National Detective Agency ndikumangidwa ku New Albany, IN (pafupifupi 55 mamailosi a Seymour). A Frank Reno ndi a Charlie Anderson amangidwa ku Canada chifukwa cha milandu yomwe adawachita ndipo adawatumiza ku New Albany.
