IJackson County Indiana isityebi kwimbali kaloliwe. Inani lemizila kaloliwe enqumla kule ndawo. Uluntu oluncinci lwasemaphandleni lukhule kubemi nakwimizi-mveliso kwaye lamkela abo bafuna umsebenzi kunye nabo bathenga umhlaba kunye nokuzinza kuloo ndawo.
Ngexesha lokugqibela le-1840's, i-Jeffersonville kunye ne-Indianapolis kaloliwe yakhiwa isiya emantla-emazantsi nge-Seymour, eyayisaziwa njenge-Mule's Crossing., Umhlaba wawuphethwe lusapho lakwaShields. Ngo-1852, inkampani kaloliwe esempuma-ntshona yayinomdla ekwakheni naseSeymour. I-Ohio-Mississippi Railroad Co yanikwa isivumelwano esinenzuzo yokwakha kwipropathi yeShields nguMeedy Shields. Uye wanikezela nokwakha umgama ozi-3-mile ukugcwalisa amathafa, ipropathi yedepho, indlu engqukuva kunye nevenkile yokulungisa kwaye wanikezela ngegama kwidolophu yinjineli ye-O & M, uCharles Seymour. Ngo-1852, iSeymour yaba yindawo yokudibanisa imizila emibini kaloliwe. UCaptain Meedy Shields waba lilungu lesenethi likarhulumente kwaye wakhusela ukupasiswa komthetho oyilwayo ofuna ukuba bonke oololiwe bame kuzo zonke iindlela ezinqumlayo. Ngenxa yakhe, oololiwe babini baphoqeleka ukuba bame eSeymour, eyayilungele ishishini kunye nedolophu encinci. I-Seymour yafakwa ngo-1864 kunye nabemi be-1,553.
Ukuxhaphaza umdlalo weJames-Omncinci kunye neButch Cassidy kunye neSundance Kid ziyindumasi, kodwa bambalwa abaziyo ukuba ukuphangwa koololiwe abaxhobileyo kwavulwa liqela lemigulukudu elingaziwayo elivela eJackson County. Ukukhuliswa kwindawo yaseRockford, abazalwana bakaReno kwathiwa abasithandi isikolo kunye nokukhula kwabo ngokungqongqo. Ukuqhekeza, ukubiwa kwamahashe, ukutshiswa komlilo kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho kulo lonke elaseMidwest yayisisiqalo nje.
Ngo-Okthobha u-6, 1866, uJohn noSimeon Reno noFrank Sparks bakhwela uloliwe i-O & M eSeymour njengoko yayiphuma edolophini inyanzela umthunywa ukuba avule isisefo. Babe i-12,000 yeedola ukuya kwi-18,000 yeedola kwaye batyhala enye ikhuselekile, benamahemuhemu okuba babe ne-30,000 yeedola ngaphakathi, kuloliwe. Ukhuseleko olo, olunikezela kakhulu, lwalushiywe.
URenos babanjwa yi-Pinkerton National Detective Agency kwaye bavalelwa eNew Albany, IN (malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-55 zaseSeymour). UFrank Reno noCharlie Anderson bavalelwe eCanada ngolwaphulo-mthetho olwenziwe kwaye babuyiselwa eNew Albany.
