On September 7, 1876, the First National Bank of Northfield, Minnesota, was robbed.
Historians agree on that much. But ask them anything else—Who was in the bank? How many robbers?
Why Northfield?—and you’ll likely be as confused, frightened and/or angry as residents and outlaws were on Division Street 136 years ago.
Well, historians also agree on this: Northfield was one bad career move for the James-Younger Gang.
I think the gang was a victim of its own success,” says Pulit
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