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The
Bartlett Bank Robbery
That Wasn't
by C.
F. Eckhardt | 
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during the 'hippie era' of the '60s, a group of 'unwashed intellectuals' out of
Austin decided to do their bit for the Age of Aquarius by robbing a bank. They
planned very carefully, setting out getaway cars with false plates in various
places, setting up safe houses where they could hide, the whole thing. They decided
to rob the bank in Bartlett.
Of course, they'd never been to Bartlett.
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| An
eagle on the former Bartlett Bank
Photo by John Troesser, July 2002 |
| They descended on
Bartlett in a couple of cars--only to discover that while there's a bank building
in Bartlett,
there's no bank in Bartlett.
The bank in Bartlett
closed on the federally-declared 'bank holiday' during the Depression--and never
re-opened. | |
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