The Dalton Gang's Last Raid: Coffeyville's Bloody Day
1892On October 5, 1892, the Dalton Gang attempted to rob two banks simultaneously in Coffeyville, Kansas, and were met by armed townspeople in a gunfight that killed four of the five outlaws.
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The Beards That Fooled Nobody
The Dalton brothers grew up in Coffeyville. Everyone in town knew their faces. So when Bob Grat and Emmett Dalton rode in wearing brand-new clothes and…
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Twenty-Three Bullets and a Movie Career
Emmett Dalton was the only gang member to survive the Coffeyville raid. He took 23 gunshot wounds and somehow lived. Doctors pulled the lead out and a judge…
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The Day Coffeyville Fought Back
On October 5 1892 the Dalton Gang rode into Coffeyville Kansas to rob two banks at the same time. Nobody had ever tried that before. The five outlaws wore fake…
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The Banker Who Bluffed an Outlaw
When Grat Dalton stormed into the Condon Bank and demanded the safe be opened a quick-thinking cashier told him the time lock would not release until 9:30 a.m.…
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The Double Bank Job
The Dalton Gang wanted to outdo Jesse James by robbing two banks simultaneously. Bob Dalton split the five-man crew sending Grat to the Condon Bank while he…
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Big Train's Hometown
Walter 'Big Train' Johnson was one of the five original inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936 and he called Coffeyville home during the off-season.…
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The Alley That Doomed the Gang
The Dalton Gang planned to tie their horses between the two Coffeyville banks for a quick getaway. But Eighth Street was torn up for repairs so they hitched…
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The Dalton Defenders
Four Coffeyville citizens died fighting the Dalton Gang that October morning in 1892. Town marshal Charles Connelly and three other men gave their lives…
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The Dalton Gang's Last Raid: Coffeyville's Bloody Day
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On October 5, 1892, the Dalton Gang attempted to rob two banks simultaneously in Coffeyville, Kansas, and were met by armed townspeople in a gunfight that killed four of the five outlaws.
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The Day Coffeyville Fought Back
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On October 5 1892 the Dalton Gang rode into Coffeyville Kansas to rob two banks at the same time. Nobody had ever tried that before. The five outlaws wore fake…
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The Beards That Fooled Nobody
· 0.1 mi · Things to Do
The Dalton brothers grew up in Coffeyville. Everyone in town knew their faces. So when Bob Grat and Emmett Dalton rode in wearing brand-new clothes and…
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The Banker Who Bluffed an Outlaw
· 0.1 mi · Things to Do
When Grat Dalton stormed into the Condon Bank and demanded the safe be opened a quick-thinking cashier told him the time lock would not release until 9:30 a.m.…
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Twenty-Three Bullets and a Movie Career
· 0.1 mi · Things to Do
Emmett Dalton was the only gang member to survive the Coffeyville raid. He took 23 gunshot wounds and somehow lived. Doctors pulled the lead out and a judge…
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The Alley That Doomed the Gang
· 0.1 mi · Things to Do
The Dalton Gang planned to tie their horses between the two Coffeyville banks for a quick getaway. But Eighth Street was torn up for repairs so they hitched…
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Big Train's Hometown
· 0.1 mi · Things to Do
Walter 'Big Train' Johnson was one of the five original inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936 and he called Coffeyville home during the off-season.…
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The Double Bank Job
· 0.1 mi · Things to Do
The Dalton Gang wanted to outdo Jesse James by robbing two banks simultaneously. Bob Dalton split the five-man crew sending Grat to the Condon Bank while he…
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The Dalton Defenders
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Four Coffeyville citizens died fighting the Dalton Gang that October morning in 1892. Town marshal Charles Connelly and three other men gave their lives…
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Souvenir Hunters at the Shootout
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Before the gun smoke had cleared Coffeyville's citizens turned into souvenir hunters. People snipped hair from the dead outlaws' heads cut buttons off their…
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The Brown Mansion Mystery
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In 1906 lumber baron W.P. Brown built a three-story sixteen-room mansion in Coffeyville that looked like it belonged in Washington D.C. The architects had…
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South Coffeyville
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