Great Train Robbery

Bill Miner, notorious American stagecoach and train robber, stole $7,000 in British Columbia's first train holdup, near Mission in 1904. For two years, unsuspected, he lived quietly near Princetown, well-liked by all. In 1906 he stopped the wrong C.PR. train here and found only $15! After a 50-mile horse chase he was caught and sent to the B.C. Penitentiary for life, but escaped to the U.S. in 1907.

From BC's Stops of Interest