[driftless2]

Like what happened to the Daltons in Coffeyville also happened to the James-Younger gang in Northfield, Minnesota. Many movies have been made about the James-Younger gang and the shootout in Northfield, but I can't recall any flicks about the Daltons getting shot full of holes in Coffeyville. There's got to be a movie out there somewhere.

Another little thing that irks me are the countless westerns where the townspeople are depicted as meek lambs who cower whenever a gang of bad guys show up. The incidents at Northfield and Coffeyville make it sound like Hollyweird might have been serving up a lot of bs concerning timid townfolk and tough gunmen. I would think many residents of western towns were Civil War vets. Just going out west at that time would mark you as a person with a lot of spunk. I doubt many westerners were shaking in their boots when the bad guys rode into town. They probably did what the people of Coffeyville and Northfield did: shoot the bad guys full of holes.

[PapaBear3625]

I would think many residents of western towns were Civil War vets.

And don't forget the continual conflicts with the Indians. You were either tough, or you stayed back East.

[bert]

Another possibility is that Bank robberies might not have been as common as we are led to believe

[gusty]

It might not have gotten a movie, but it did get a song. The Eagles’ Doolin’ Dalton. I remember the line “two brothers lying dead in Coffeyville.”