Something you won’t see every day … James gang on the streets of Gallatin!

Here’s a scene you seldom see, not today and certainly not in yesteryear. All traffic on the Gallatin business square stopped last Saturday as these riders enlivened the re-enactment of the 1869 bank robbery in Gallatin as part of this year’s rain-soaked Chautauqua fall festival. This was the fourth time the James Gang legend was re-enacted here (previously performed in 1971, 1990 and 1991). This photo was taken as the re-enactors took a “final bow” before the crowed estimated at over 500 persons. But such a scene never occurred. Frank and Jesse James, the two on far right, were never apprehended by any posse, represented by the four riders at left, at any time during their many years of crime. View photo galleries on these two websites provided as a community service by Gallatin Publishing Company: www.FriendsofGallatin.org and www.DaviessCountyHistoricalSociety.com.