Northfield Historical Society

Downtown museum preserving the First National Bank site of the failed 1876 James-Younger raid.

The Northfield Historical Society is the essential stop in town. It preserves the old First National Bank site where the James-Younger Gang tried to rob the bank in 1876 and were met by armed townspeople instead.

The story could easily become roadside myth, but the museum keeps it grounded: bullet holes, local accounts, and the sense of a small town that still knows exactly what happened on Division Street.

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