Gad's Hill, Missouri

Gad's Hill in Wayne County, Missouri is located between two towns in Missouri — Des Arc and Piedmont. Named for the country home of Charles Dickens, [cite book
author = Goodspeed Publishing
year = 1888
title = History of Southeast Missouri
publisher = The Goodspeed Publishing Company
location = Chicago
id = ISBN 0-89308-431-X
page = 460] it was established in 1872 by George W. Creath. [cite news
first= David W.
last= The State Historical Society of Missouri
title= How Missouri Streams, Counties and Towns Were Named
work= Missouri Historical Review (Vol. 13, No. 2)
publisher= Eaton
date= January 1919]

At its small train station on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway Company line, the first train-robbery in the state occurred on January 31, 1874. [cite book
firest = Howard L.
last = Conard
year = 1901
title = Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, Vol. 2
publisher = Southern History Company
location = St. Louis
page = 544] At 3:00 in the afternoon, the James-Younger gang boarded the train and proceeded to rob the passengers. While the exact amount was never certain, newspapers at the time estimated between $2,000 and $22,000 was stolen. [cite news
first= Ronald H.
last= Beights
url= http://www.historynet.com/we/blgadshill/
title= Jesse James and the Gads Hill Train Holdup
work= Wild West Magazine
publisher= TheHistoryNet.com
date= June 2005
accessdate= 2006-03-27] Now in Gad's Hill, a bar is opened there called the Jesse James Saloon.

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