How much money was robbed in a shippment from the San Francisco Mint to a bank in the East that is the biggest single robbery in the history of the a freight hauling railroad that operates 8,500 locomotives over 32,100 route-miles in 23 states west of Chicago and New Orleans?
Union Pacific Big Springs robbery The Union Pacific Big Springs Robbery of 1877 was a robbery of $60,000 in newly-minted $20 gold pieces being shipped from the San Francisco Mint to a bank in the East. Coverage of the sensational heist in the contemporary press made famous Sam Bass and his gang of "Black Hills Bandits." The event remains the biggest single robbery in the history of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Josephine (shipwreck) Josephine was an American iron-hull, sidewheel steamer that transported mail, freight, and passengers, in the Gulf of Mexico, mainly between New Orleans, Louisiana and Galveston, Texas, beginning in 1868. In 1881, the "Josephine" was transferred to the New Orleans – Havana route. Returning from Havana in February 1881, the "Josephine" encountered a winter storm in the Gulf of Mexico, south of Biloxi, Mississippi, took on water and sank, but all passengers and crew survived. In 2000, the "Josephine" shipwreck was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.