Tragedy at Southern Oregon Tunnel 13:: Deautremonts Hold Up the Southern Pacific

The DeAutremont brothers were looking for a big score. They brought dynamite, guns and a getaway car. On October 11, 1923, at the summit of the Siskiyou Mountains in southern Oregon, the three young men held up a passenger train, with disastrous consequences. Their rash actions resulted in the tragic deaths of three Southern Pacific trainmen and one U.S. Mail clerk, unleashing a public outcry that still rings through Oregon's history. In this riveting account, rail historian Scott Mangold draws on interviews, in-depth research and previously unpublished maps and photographs to document the events at Tunnel 13. Join Mangold as he chronicles the resulting four-year manhunt and eventual conviction of the DeAutremonts and provides insight into the lives derailed by the robbery's bitter legacy.

Author: Scott Mangold
Publisher: History Press
Published: 10/08/2013
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781626193468
ISBN10: 1626193460
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
- Transportation | Railroads | History