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Gunfire and Nitroglycerin: The Shanesville Bank Robbery

AI generated image depicting the Shanesville bank robbers outside the bank in December 1900, 2025. (Source: Google ImageFX)

Gunfire shattered the quiet of Shanesville in 1900, when burglars blew open the town bank and terrorized villagers. In the early morning hours of Thursday, December 13, 1900, the village of Shanesville was thrown into chaos when burglars attacked the private bank owned by John Doerschuk (1841-1916). Around 2 o’clock in the morning, neighbors wereContinue reading “Gunfire and Nitroglycerin: The Shanesville Bank Robbery”