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The Reno Gang, also known as the Reno Brothers Gang and The Jackson Thieves, were a group of criminals that operated in the Midwestern United States during and just after the American Civil War. Though short-lived, the gang carried out the first three peacetime train robberies in U.S. history. Most of the stolen money was never recovered.
Rage at Dawn is a 1955 American Technicolor Western film directed by Tim Whelan, and starring Randolph Scott, Forrest Tucker, Mala Powers, and J. Carrol Naish.It purports to tell the true story of the Reno Brothers, an outlaw gang which terrorized the American Midwest, particularly Southern Indiana, in the period immediately following the American Civil War.
A number of Old West gangs left a lasting impression on American history. ... Red Jack Gang (c. 1880–1883) Reno Gang (1866–1868) Rogers Brothers Gang (1890s ...
The most famous Indiana whitecap incident was the lynching of the Reno Gang in 1868. Sixty-five whitecaps sacked New Albany’s jail on Dec. 11 and hung the marauders from a stairwell.
The gang steal about $1,000 worth of bearer bonds. Lemoyne 1899 The Van Der Linde Gang: In Red Dead Redemption 2, during the mission "Pouring Forth Oil IV." The gang stop and rob a train by placing a oil wagon in front of the railroad forcing the train to stop.
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Frank Reno, one of the first lynching victims in Indiana. In the years following the American Civil War, southern Indiana experienced several high-profile criminal events. The Reno Gang began to terrorize the region in the immediate years after the war, becoming the first gang in the nation to begin robbing trains. They sacked rural towns ...
The name originated in 1868, as six members of the Reno Gang were lynched by a vigilante mob numbering over 100, known as the Scarlet Mask Society or the Jackson County Vigilance Committee. The lynchings occurred on July 20 and 24, 1868.