Located between Des Moines Iowa and Omaha Nebraska, runs a lessor known historic roadway called "White Pole Road". The road is a very unique American by-way. It was once the way west in the early days of the automobile. It currently runs Parallel to the famed I-80 But for those who would prefer to avoid Interstate 80 will find themselves traveling along a quieter, more historic stretch of road. Unbeknownst to modern travelers, this part of Old US Highway 6 was not only the sight of a type of heist heretofore unheard of in the American West in Adair Iowa.
It was also near the same road that the Barrow gang, of the famed outlaws Bonnie and Clyde were located and shot up by law enforcement and deputies near Dexter Iowa at Dexfield Park in 1933. But most significant is the train robbery of 1873. The telling of the story of this history-altering event is etched upon a modest marker just over a mile west of Adair, Iowa, located off County Road G30. Here, an upright train car wheel marks the spot where, on the summer of July 21, 1873, Jesse James and his gang pulled off the world’s first robbery from aboard a moving train. The following account of the train robbery is based upon written materials both old and new, and newspaper articles of the day.
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