Huntington Bank Robbery

I searched some promising caves in Lawrence county Kentucky. I was just following old mountain tales. I did not find any loot, but I allways find cool stuff when I am out. Good Luck.
 

I think it is in wv My family is from there and there is no stories writen about him being in wv. My family stories say he was and the marks that i found make it true. I think he had a hide out there but it wasnt talked about or proven but I might prove it within the next year or so.
 

HI,

I'm interested in the marks that you mentioned? If you don't mind, would you mind sharing a little more info on them? I don't mean location as much as what did the marks look like? Send me a private message if you wish.

Thanks,
Cavers5
 

Supposedly the James Gang robbed the Bank! 4 Robbers! 1 Killed = 3, 1 captured in Tn, Got 12 yrs! = 2 Robbers left ! They only got $10k
to begin with! I dunno! ???

Joe
 

cavers5 said:
HI,

I'm interested in the marks that you mentioned? If you don't mind, would you mind sharing a little more info on them? I don't mean location as much as what did the marks look like? Send me a private message if you wish.

Thanks,
Cavers5
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one known james mark was a turkey track. another was the initials JJ except one was backwards. Usually side by side. exanimo, ss
 

I have found the turkey track and also turtle the story I read some where said something about a mark on a rock near a river but i think it was in Missouri or some where but what i found would go with that story and the other mark is a family story
 

Family stories are the best! Thanks for sharing!

If you haven't looked the area(s) over carefully with the turtle and turkey track, it might be a good idea to search for some more carvings!

Cavers5
 

Good luck! If you need an occasional hunting partner, I'm only a couple of hours away!

Cavers5
 

I m in nj now tring to find stuff about captain kidd when i get back to wv I will let you know and maybe we can go look
 

The story at the link below states $4000 was recovered from Miller in Fentress county, after he and McDaniels had the shootout with the Dillions, when McDaniel was killed. The other $6000 disappeared with James and Younger, which were supposed to be headed for their rendezvous in Texas.

But, according to the story, James did spend some time in WV, apparently long enough, at least, to build some furniture. (EDIT- that was Frank James that is said to have built the furniture)

http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvkgs/JamesGang.html
 

I was just thinking(occasionally I do that!)....it would be nice to look into some of the counties' local histories! They might have more data: James gang, other robberies, other gangs, carvings, ferry crossings, etc. etc.!

Cavers5
 

I live in huntington Indiana and would like to find hot spots here or in the surrounding areas to search for the good stuff I just purchased my first metal detector and decided to go right to the top my detector is a white's DFX with a 12" coil so I have the equipment and and very motivated I just need the area's and locations PLZ !!! TNX
 

anyone still wanting to know about the james gang in huntington?the family stories say that they stayed on my great-grandfathers farm in gimlet hollow?I have a piece of currency that was passed down to me from my grandmother that was supposed to be from a heist that was done at a fort in texas
 

Yep, I'm still interested! When and where do you want to meet?

Cavers5
 

Hey, bull1974 give me a yell if you want to go detect sometime. I'm in Point Pleasant and know of some good sites and would like to detect in Huntington. I've got buddies I've tried to turn on to detecting and they just don't seem interested. It's hard to find people that's interested in this hobby.
 

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