Farmers & Drovers Bank circa early 1900s

100 years since the Fleagle gang’s Council Grove robbery

March 2, 2026, marked the centennial of the robbery of the Farmers & Drovers Bank by the Fleagle gang. Jake and Ralph Fleagle, of rural Garden City, together with other gang members robbed many banks in Kansas, California, and other states during the 1920s. On March 2, 1926, while one ...

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