Rare RPPC Postcard Clell Miller Bank Robber Killed Gunfight At Northfield Bank for Sale

Rare RPPC Postcard Clell Miller Bank Robber Killed Gunfight At Northfield Bank For Sale

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Rare RPPC Postcard Clell Miller Bank Robber Killed Gunfight At Northfield Bank:
$224.99

This rare real photo postcard features the bank robber Clell Miller who was killed in a gunfight at Northfield Bank.
Clell Miller (1849 or 1850 – September 7, 1876) (also known as Cleland D. Miller or Clenand Miller or McClelland Miller) was an outlaw with the James-Younger Gang who was killed during the gang\'s robbery at Northfield, Minnesota.
Miller was born on either January 9, 1850 (the date on his tombstone) or December 15, 1849, in Kearney, Missouri. His younger brother Edward T. Miller also joined the gang and was allegedly killed by Jesse James in 1881.
On September 7, 1876, Miller was shot and killed by townspeople in the robbery attempt on the First National Bank of Northfield, along with outlaw Bill Chadwell and bank cashier Joseph Lee Heywood and citizen Nicholas Gustavson. Wounded in the fight were Frank James, Charlie Pitts (later killed), Cole Younger, Jim Younger, Bob Younger and Northfield citizen Alonzo E. Bunker.
Miller\'s body was photographed and then buried in Northfield. However, his father claimed the body and Miller was buried at Muddy Fork Cemetery in Kearney.
Both of the bodies of Clell Miller and Bill Chadwell were exhumed the following night and were put into wooden barrels. The barrels were shipped to the medical school in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 9, 1876, labelled as \"Paint\". The 22-year-old medical student, Henry M. Wheeler, used them as cadavers and displayed the skeleton of Clell Miller in his office in Grand Forks, North Dakota until his death.In 2013 what may have been the skeletal remains of Miller from North Dakota was investigated to confirm identity.

Please inspect the pictures, as they give the best representation of condition.May have discoloring, edge or corner wear, marks, creases, fading, smudges, corner or edge bends, tears, or corners missing.

In particular, this postcard definitely has creasing and staining, among other considerations.

(A80 inventory number)