Adair, Iowa - Monument to the First Train Robbery in the West

Address:
1156 Anita-Adair Rd, Adair, IA [Show Map]
Directions:
I-80 exit 75, then south on Anita-Adair Rd. On the left.
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First train robbery in the west plaque. Adair, Iowa - Monument to the First Train Robbery in the West

Monument to the First Train Robbery in the West. Picture from April 2007. [Matt, 02/16/2008]

Separated rails, Jesse James train robbery. Adair, Iowa - Jesse James' First Train Robbery in the West

This monument shows where the first western train robbery by Jesse James occurred on July 21, 1873. It has the actual track Jesse James separated to derail the train. [Randy Walker, 04/02/2005]

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