calsfoundation@cals.org
November 3, 1893
The small community of Olyphant in Jackson County was the scene of one of the last train robberies in Arkansas. Eight men hijacked an Iron Mountain Railroad train, robbing the passengers and killing the conductor. The robbers were captured, tried, and found guilty. Three were sentenced to be hanged in 1894 in the only known incident of multiple executions in Jackson County.