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Record crowd sees Bank Robbery Re-Enactment There's still a whole afternoon and evening of Festival Events. Click to Printable Calendar Saturday Only Schedule courtesy of the BANK of COLUMBIA. Click on headline for Bank Robbery Re-enactment photo(s), as posted By Ed Waggener There was a record crowd at the re-enactment of the Bank of Columbia Robbery at noon today. Charles Grimsley, who has counted the crowds since it became a staple of Folklore of the Old West, said immediately after the show that there were at least 850, and maybe as many as 900-1,000, lining the streets for the occasion. "I count a block of 50 and then use that measurement to count another block of 50. I counted 850 for sure, but I think maybe as many as 150 or more were out of my view." He attributed the crowd to a number of factors: An absolutely perfect day, a pent-up desire to watch the scene again after a one year hiatus, the outstanding food and improved rest areas on the Square; more and better downtown restaurants, and the vastly improved public parking for this Saturday's show. The Green River Cowboys performed brilliantly. And the narration by Stanley Lawson, far from glorifying the savage brutality of the robbers, gave a graphic description of just how mean and lowdown the outlaws really were, and gave any glory to the heroics of local townspeople, particularly the fallen hero, Bank Teller R.A.C. Martin, and the wounded hero, James Garnett, who lost the use of his right hand after being wounded in the robbery.The cast included:
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