FULL EVENT DETAILS & DESCRIPTION
The Allen Train Robbery replays an actual event that occurred in August 1861 in Allen, MO (now a part of Moberly). Coin and currency were being transferred from a bank in Fayette, MO to a bank in St. Louis, MO, for safekeeping. While being unloaded from a buckboard in Allen, onto a train of the North Missouri Railroad, Confederate Partisans "re-took" the coin and currency without a shot being fired. According to many stories from that era, all the coin and currency was returned to the Fayette bank.
During the mini train rides, actors will portray the Confederate Partisans who will stop the train in the prairie that was Allen, MO. After searching the train and finding the "gold", passengers under the age of 18 will be treated to a gold-foiled covered chocolate coin when they return to the Lions Station to deboard. The event/activity will be explained prior to leaving the Lions Station. The actors are given training as to not frighten even the smallest of children.
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