Jackson County Indiana akapfuma munhoroondo yezvitima. Mitsetse yakati wandei yetranscross kuburikidza nenzvimbo. Nharaunda diki dzekumaruwa dzakakura muhuwandu nemaindasitiri uye dzakatambira avo vaitsvaga basa uye avo vaitenga ivhu nekugara munzvimbo iyi.
Munguva yekupedzisira ma1840, iyo Jeffersonville uye Indianapolis njanji yakavakwa ichienda kuchamhembe-kumaodzanyemba kuburikidza neSeymour, yainzi manje Mule's Crossing., Nyika yaive yemhuri yekwaShields. Muna 1852, kumabvazuva-kumadokero njanji kambani yaifarira kuvaka muSeymour futi. IOhio-Mississippi Railroad Co yakapihwa chibvumirano chinobhadhara kuvaka paShields chivakwa neMeedy Shields. Iye akatokumbira kuvaka 3-mamaira kuzadza kuburikidza nemumatope, chivakwa chedepot, imba yekutenderera uye yekugadzirisa shopu uye akapa kupa zita reguta reinjiniya weO & M, Charles Seymour. Muna 1852, Seymour yakava nzvimbo yemigwagwa mikuru yezvitima. Capt Meedy Shields vakave seneta wehurumende uye vakawana kupasiswa kwebhiri rekuchengetedza raida kuti zvitima zvese zvimire pese panosangana njanji. Nekuda kwake, njanji mbiri dzakamanikidzwa kumira muSeymour, yaive yakanaka bhizinesi uye yeguta diki. Seymour yakaverengerwa muna1864 ine huwandu hwevanhu 1,553.
Zvakaitwa naJames-Mudiki Mutambo uye Butch Cassidy neSundance Kid zvine mukurumbira, asi vashoma vanoziva kuti kupamba chitima chakapambwa kwakapayona neboka risingazivikanwe kubva kuJackson County. Vakakurira munzvimbo yeRockford, hama dzaReno dzakanzi hadzifarire chikoro uye nekurerwa kwavo kwakasimba. Kupaza, kuba bhiza, kupisa uye kutsva kwematsotsi muMidwest ese kwaingova kutanga.
Musi waGumiguru 6, 1866, John naSimeon Reno naFrank Sparks vakakwira chitima cheO & M muSeymour sezvo yaibuda kunze kweguta ichimanikidza mutumwa kuti avhure safe. Vakaba madhora zviuru gumi nezviviri kusvika pamadhora zviuru gumi nezvisere uye vakasundidzira imwe yakachengeteka, vachinyeperwa kuti vane $ 12,000 mukati, kubva muchitima. Iyo yakachengeteka, ichipa inorema kwazvo, yakasiiwa.
VaRenos vakatorwa ne Pinkerton National Detective Agency uye vakasungwa muNew Albany, IN (mamwe mamaira makumi mashanu nemashanu eSeymour). Frank Reno naCharlie Anderson vakasungwa muCanada nemhosva dzakaitwa uye vakaendeswa kuNew Albany.
