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| Love the illustration of the robbery |
December 1874, the James Gang rode to Muncie, Kansas (12 miles outside of Kansas City) to hold up the Kansas Pacific Railroad. The
newspaper article says that the masked robbers conduct towards the passengers was rather clever, since they did not attempt to rob them, only securing the contents of the Wells Fargo safe. In a mere 15 minutes, they left with their "booty" consisting of $5000 in gold dust and $18,000 in currency. The bounty for their heads dead or alive--$1000 (worth $22,000 today)
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| James Gang robbery of Kansas Pacific Railroad |
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| site of James Gang robbery today |
The railroad tracks are no longer there. The site today is a private home. Which proves to be a bit problematic when trying to obtain interesting footage. Given that the area is a meth haven, I did not want to trespass or ask permission to film, so I stood across the street and filmed on the property of a Pentecostal church. The film gods were clearly out to get me, because all but a few clips were corrupted and "disappeared" off my camera. It was the beginning of an ill-fated trip that was ripe with mishaps and misadventures.
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