Back in the 1940s, visitors to the men’s room of a Phillips 66 gas station in Northfield, Minnesota, were greeted by an unusual sight—photos of the James-Younger Gang after the members’ failed raid on the town bank in 1876. The photos included postmortem shots of Clell Miller, Charlie Pitts and Bill Stiles, as well as images of the badly wounded Younger boys, Cole, Jim and Bob. The collection, gathered in one frame, also featured photos of Northfield, one of murdered bank worker Joseph Lee


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