Wednesday, September 7, 2016

On This Day In History: Minnesotans Nearly Wipeout The James-Younger Gang


As History.com notes, on this day in 1876, the James-Younger gang was shot up badly by the good people of Northfield, Minnesota as the outlaws attempted to rob the bank (seen in the above photo) .


You can read about the historical event via the below link:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/minnesotans-nearly-wipeout-the-james-younger-gang?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2016-0907-09072016&om_rid=de5e4076c942a595dbda53f758321d197499484f6d117f61b6ac5c08e0d6f0aa&om_mid=87979283&kx_EmailCampaignID=7024&kx_EmailCampaignName=email-hist-tdih-2016-0907-09072016&kx_EmailRecipientID=de5e4076c942a595dbda53f758321d197499484f6d117f61b6ac5c08e0d6f0aa   

Note: The above photo is of Frank and Jesse James.

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