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EPISODE · Sep 15, 2025 · 10 MIN

‘Last great train robbery’ was brutal, clumsy fiasco (part 1 of 2)

from Offbeat Oregon History podcast · host Finn J.D. John

After several other attempts to get into the crime business didn't work out for them, the DeAutremont brothers came up with a plan to rob a train at the summit of the Siskiyous. It did not go well — for anyone involved. (Siskiyou Pass, Jackson County; 1920s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1701a.part1-deautremont-train-rob-robbery-424.html)

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