Original Town Mesquite in Dallas County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Sam Bass Train Robbery
(100 yards NW)
Photographed by Gary Estep, November 18, 2025
1. Sam Bass Train Robbery Marker
Sam Bass - with Seab Barnes, Hank Underwood, "Arkansas" Johnson, and Frank Jackson - held up a Texas & Pacific train here, April 10, 1878. They took $152, but missed hidden shipment of $30,000. In planning a bank robbery 3 months later, Bass was fatally shot by Rangers.
Erected 1968 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 6591.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical year for this entry is 1878.
Location. 32° 46.009′ N, 96° 36.064′ W. Marker is in Mesquite, Texas, in Dallas County. It is in Original Town Mesquite. It is on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 200 Main Street, Mesquite TX 75149, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate States of America, and
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: City of Mesquite (here, next to this marker); Holley-McWhorter-Greenhaw Families (within shouting distance of this marker); First Methodist Church of Mesquite (approx. 0.2 miles away); Public Education in Mesquite (approx. 0.3 miles away); City Lake Park (approx. 0.3 miles away); Mesquite Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); CCC Company 850 (approx. half a mile away); Lawrence Farmstead (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mesquite.
More about this marker. Marker is located in Heritage Plaza, near the flag pole in downtown Mesquite, TX.
Photographed by J Frye, April 3, 2020
2. Sam Bass Train Robbery Marker
Photographed by Kayla Harper, May 31, 2020
3. Sam Bass Train Robbery Marker (on the left)
Photographed by J Frye, April 3, 2020
4. Sam Bass Train Robbery Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2020, by J Frye of Fort Worth, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,298 times since then and 82 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 16, 2025, by Gary Estep of Anna, Texas. 2. submitted on April 4, 2020, by J Frye of Fort Worth, Texas. 3. submitted on June 1, 2020, by Kayla Harper of Dallas, Texas. 4. submitted on April 4, 2020, by J Frye of Fort Worth, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
