Bicentennial Story #52-Richardton Robbery-1886
Title
Bicentennial Story #52-Richardton Robbery-1886
Description
Account of a robbery of the Northern Pacific train at Richardton by Billy Newberry and Knut Gibson in 1886.
Date
7/11/1975
4/15/1976
Contributor
Father Louis Pfaller
Jack Hjort
Jack Hjort
Rights
This recording cannot be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Dickinson Museum Center. This recording may be freely used for education uses, so long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this recording file is permitted without written permission of the Dickinson Museum Center.
Format
mp3
Medium
audio reel, analog, 1/4 inch polyester tape
Language
English
Identifier
BS-052
Spatial Coverage
Richardton, ND
Rights Holder
Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center
Transcription
In the Spring of 1886, cowboys Billy Newberry and Knute Gibson robbed the Northern Pacific train at Richardton and rode off with $60,000. In Dickinson, Sheriff Jerry Hayes gathered a posse and pursued the robbers to the banks of the flooding Cannonball. Gibson looked at the grinding blocks of ice boiling down the swollen stream and decided to surrender. But Newberry plunged in, got to the other side, and escaped. Two years later he was caught in New Mexico. It seems he had written to some girl and she tipped off the authorities for the reward. Newberry was brought back and given 15 years in the Bismarck Penitentiary.
This is Bicentennial Story No. 52, prepared by Father Louis Pfaller, for the Stark County Historical Society.
Otto Black, Selfridge Journal
This is Bicentennial Story No. 52, prepared by Father Louis Pfaller, for the Stark County Historical Society.
Otto Black, Selfridge Journal
Original Format
Sound recordings
Duration
1:09
Bit Rate/Frequency
128kbps
Decade
1970 1979
Physical Location
Bicentennial tape #2, Bicentennial stories 46-66
Geolocation
Collection
Citation
“Bicentennial Story #52-Richardton Robbery-1886,” Southwestern North Dakota Digital Archive At the Dickinson Museum Center, accessed May 14, 2024, https://dmc.omeka.net/items/show/441.
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