Guns & Gangsters: The Wykoff Bank Heist

In the dead of night, a small-town bank explodes—literally. The culprits vanish with a modest sum, but the mystery they left behind still echoes through Wykoff’s history. Lenora and Preston revisit the crime and the clues that kept the legend alive.

📰 Sources:

• Fillmore County Historical Society — Richard J. Bottorff article, January 4, 2021

• Rochester Daily Post and Record, Monday, October 27, 1924

• Levang’s Weekly, Thursday, October 2, 1924

• Caledonia Argus, Friday, October 3, 1924

• Preston Times, Thursday, October 2, 1924