A fill-in cashier derails a James-Younger Gang robbery. Joseph Lee Heywood was treasurer at Carleton College in Northfield, MN—but on September 7,...
Father Unto Death
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James Younger Gang
The Great Northfield Raid
Citizens defeat some of the toughest outlaws in America. September 7, 1876. The James-Younger Gang tries to rob the First National Bank in...
Listen to Your Elders
A James-Younger Gang holdup has a weird ending. August 30, 1874. Frank and Jesse James and one of the Youngers rob a stage outside North Lexington,...
The Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed Jesse James
Ed O’Kelley blows away Bob Ford. June 8, 1892. Ed O'Kelley blasts Robert Ford into eternity in Ford's tent saloon in Creede, Colorado. O'Kelley...
Northfield, Minnesota
The James-Younger gang met its match in a frontier bank. At the centennial of the nation’s founding, Northfield, Minnesota, was a bucolic river town...
The Youngest Younger Goes Bad
John Younger kills a lawman in Texas. February 16, 1871. Nineteen-year-old John Younger crosses the line. The day before, he and some pals--all...
Rebels Raid the Bank
Future members of the James-Younger Gang turn to crime. February 13, 1866. A dozen or so former Confederates rob the Clay County Savings Association...
The End of the Line
The Waterloo of the James-Younger Gang September 7, 1876. The James-Younger Gang tries to rob the First National Bank in Northfield, MN. The...
End of the Line
The James-Younger Gang is shot to pieces in Minnesota. September 7, 1876. Members of the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the First National Bank...
The Social Bandits
By the latter part of the nineteenth century train robberies had become big business among western outlaws. During one period trains were being...
A Dry Run for Northfield?
Did Jesse James use another holdup as preparation? July 7, 1876. Members of the James-Younger Gang held up a train outside Otterville, Missouri....
The Ill-Fated McDaniel Brothers
Both outlaws; both paid the price. Brothers Tom and Bud McDaniel both rode with the James-Younger Gang. Bud died after a jail break in the summer of...