The year was 1871, and the infamous James-Younger Gang was looking for some new revenue sources. The boys had pretty much stuck to targets in their home state of Missouri during the first five years of their outlaw careers (they’d pulled one job in Kentucky). But they were about to go north. They were going to give Iowa a try. April marks the


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