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

by Scott Mangold

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626193460
• ISBN13: 9781626193468
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"