Why get upset? "Around these parts" you are kind of like one of the James/Younger gang when they rode into Northfield, MN.
Not real popular. But it was fun shooting at you.
Northfield Minnesota Bank Raid - September 7, 1876
Northfield Minnesota Bank
After scouting the area on September 7, 1876 the 8 member gang, Jesse and Frank James
jesse and frank
and Bob Younger
bob younger in 1889
went inside the bank while Cole and Jim Younger, Bill Chadwell, Clell Miller, and Charlie Pitts stood guard outside.
Thomas Coleman, Cole, Bob and Jim Younger
Inside the bank, the three outlaws demanded that the vault be opened and the money surrendered. However, Joseph Lee Heywood, the bank clerk on duty, refused to do so and was shot and killed.
wounded Jim Younger after his arrest in 1876
Hearing shots, Northfield citizens realized that a robbery was in progress and began taking up arms inside the local hardware store as rifles were handed out. They began to shoot at those outside, killing Miller and Chadwell and hitting Cole Younger in the thigh.
In the meantime, Jesse, Frank and Bob Younger fled from the bank, and Bob was shot in the right elbow.
Returning the fire, the gang killed Nicholas Gustavson, a Swedish man who was caught in the crossfire.
Cole Younger After Northfield Raid
The surviving gang members then took off and were quickly pursued by posses. Near Mankato, the gang split up with the Younger brothers and Charlie Pitts going one way and the James brothers, another.
[(Most likely) After this photo was taken at Mueller Photo Studio in Owatonna, MN, this gang held up a bank 25 miles away in Northfield, MN.
Shooting their way out of town, the robbers split up and Jesse and Frank James escaped, making their way back home. The Youngers and Charlie Pitts met their demise in the fields of Watonwan County, in western Minnesota.
Seven brave men, now referred to as "The Madelia Posse", volunteered to catch the outlaws. After a dramatic gunfight, illustrated in the mural, they succeeded and brought the Youngers and a fatally wounded Pitts to the authorities.]
After covering some 400 miles in the search for the outlaws, the posse caught up with the Youngers near Madelia, Minnesota on September 21, 1876 and after a gunfight erupted, Charlie Pitts was killed and the Younger brothers further wounded. Finally, they surrendered.
l-r, Bob, Jim, Cole Younger with sister Henrietta
Tried in Faribault, Minnesota, they were found guilty of murder and sentenced to 25 years in the state prison at Stillwater. Bob Younger died in prison in 1889; Jim was pardoned in 1901 but committed suicide the following year; and Cole, who was also pardoned in 1901, lived until 1916.
Older Cole Younger
Only Frank and Jesse James made it back to Missouri by taking the long way back for 2 months.
keeping the feud fun and educational
Quantrill Raiders (James and Younger Brothers were members)
LOL this took too much time
