The Portneuf Canyon Stage Robbery near Pocatello, Idaho in 1865 would be a disaster for the passengers and ultimately for the outlaws.

On July 13, 1856, over $60,000 in gold dust was stolen and three men were killed in a robbery of the Ben Holladay Overland Stage southeast of Inkom. The robbery probably took place north of Lower Rock Creek,near where Green Canyon joins the Portneuf River.

Sep 22, 2017 · The Portneuf Road shipped gold to Pocatello, Idaho from mines in Virginia City, Montana. Knowing about lucrative gold shipments, robbers soon began hiding out in the forest, waiting for the stage to pass by. In May of 1865, a group of …

On the afternoon of July 13, 1865, the stagecoach traveling south from the Montana gold fields towards Salt Lake City reached a point about ten miles southeast of today's Pocatello. They entered a stretch of Portneuf Canyon favored by bandits because heavy willow thickets crowded the road. Portneuf Canyon, ca 1872. National Archives.

Apr 30, 2019 · The outlaws hid in a narrow place in the Portneuf Canyon — aptly named Robber’s Roost — and waited. Here’s what happened, according to Malad City’s website: On July 26, 1865, the coach...

In 1863, a man named Ed Long and a partner stole almost $100,000 in gold dust and nuggets from a stagecoach in Portneuf Canyon in eastern Idaho. The stage, headed from the gold camps of Montana, was bound for Salt Lake City when it was waylaid between Pocatello and McCammon, Idaho.

Your chance of being a victim of robbery in Portneuf may be as high as 1 in 116,352 in the southwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 116,352 in the south part of the city. See the section on interpreting the robbery map, however, because comparing rates for robbery or any other crime is not as intuitive as it may seem.

Apr 2, 2010 · A few miles south of present-day Pocatello, Idaho, the trio found a narrow canyon that was heavily timbered, rocky, and filled with brush. Determining that the location provided everything that was needed, the bandits began to work out the details of the robbery.

The ill-starred canyon of the Portneuf, memorable in all its early and recent history for murder, robbery and disaster, has been a favorable haunt for stage robbers and highwaymen.