SOUTHWEST TRAIN ROBBERIES: Hijacking the Tracks Along the Southern Corridor

Between 1883 and 1922, the Gadsden Purchase, a Southern Corridor ideal for train routes from Texas to California, was the location of 16 train robberies most often centered on Cochise County, Arizona and neighboring Grant County, New Mexico. The outlaw population included such notables as Black Jack's High Five Gang, Kit Carson Joy, Geronimo, and more. Photos.