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3 FAMOUS OUTLAWS AND THEIR IOWA HEISTS
It’s a good thing Darin didn’t live in Iowa in the 1870s or 1930s — his office decorations wouldn’t last long! As you read on Pg. 1, Darin decorates with money from the U.S. Mint, and during both of those decades, famous outlaws were on the run through the Hawkeye State. In the 1870s, Jesse James paid two visits to Iowa, and Bonnie and Clyde went on a famous bank robbery spree in the state in 1934. A year earlier, the duo were also part of the largest shootout in Dallas County history. Crazy, right? Here are just a few of the gory details.
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According to author and historian John Koblas, Jesse James and the James- Younger Gang visited Corydon, Iowa, on June 3, 1871, and robbed the Ocobock Brothers Bank in broad daylight. The whole town was gathered at the Methodist Church for a meeting, and the gang members simply rode up to the bank on horseback and went inside. To add insult to injury, the Prairie Trails Museum reports a robber yelled, “We robbed the bank, catch us if you can!” on his way out of town. Two years later on July 21, 1873, the gang appeared in Adair and committed the world’s first robbery of a moving train. They sabotaged the tracks, forcing the train to tumble into a ditch. They hoped to collect $75,000 in gold, but when they forced a guard to open the train’s safe, the gang discovered just $2,000. They stole it all and an extra $1,000 in loot.
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BONNIE AND CLYDE’S AMUSEMENT PARK STANDOFF
Roughly 60 years after Jesse James’ heists, the famous outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow holed up in an abandoned amusement park near Dexter. They successfully snuck into town for medical supplies, but soon a farmer tipped off the cops about their camp. On July 24, 1933, a posse of 75 officers went after the gang. Both Bonnie and Clyde were injured in the shootout, but they managed to steal a car and get away. A year later, they went on a robbery spree through Iowa, successfully hitting banks in Rembrandt, Knierim, and Everly. Want to learn more about these famous outlaws? Check out the books “Jesse James in Iowa” by John Koblas and “Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde” by Jeff Guinn.
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