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Originally Posted by patteeu
Last summer, my family visited the Northfield bank that Jesse James and his gang tried to rob. The tour guide did a very nice job of describing the raid, the gunfight, and the subsequent capture of the Younger brothers. I criticized him for putting a Yankee spin on everything and he offered to let me give the next tour, but I politely declined. We both laughed. It was a simple little museum, but it was interesting, particularly because we've taken our kids to see the James family home in Kearney, MO and the site of the first daylight bank robbery (which was performed by the James gang) in Liberty, MO.
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Thats cool, my old job used to take me to Hannibal, Mo once a week. In certain parts of town its like stepping back in time, if it werent for cars on the street you'd swear Injun Joe was right around the corner.