SAN ANGELO, TX — In the rugged expanse of West Texas, where history whispers through dusty winds and forgotten trails, the legend of notorious outlaw Black Jack Ketchum refuses to fade. Born Thomas Edward Ketchum in 1863 in San Saba County, Black Jack rose from humble cowboy roots to become one of the Old West's most infamous train robbers, leading a gang that terrorized the Southwest in the 1890s with daring heists across Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas.