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Did depositors lose their money when a bank was robbed in the Old West?

by | Oct 4, 2011 | Uncategorized

Did depositors lose their money when a bank was robbed in the Old West? Jack GravesTurlock, California By and large, investors were out of luck when outlaws pulled a holdup. That’s why citizens in Northfield, Minnesota, and Coffeyville, Kansas, so ferociously took on the James-Younger Gang and the Dalton brothers respectively. A benevolent banker might try and repay the citizens a portion of their savings, but that would happen only if the banker was rich enough and generous enough to mak


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