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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.
© C. F.
Eckhardt
"Charley Eckhardt's Texas"
March 28, 2007 column |
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