A Historical Column From The Fayette County Historical Commission
The Great Train Heist at Flatonia in 1887 – Part 1
By Brendan Steinhauser
The gang of train robbers met at night in the Flatonia graveyard on June 15, 1887. Around the campfire they plotted the details of their next move: robbing a train about a mile and a half east of Flatonia near Mulberry Creek. The robbery would make international headlines, would secure the notorious gang’s place in Texas …