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When they arrived, Bob had to think quickly, and decided instead to tie their horses in an alley across from the bank to the west, near the city jail, which offered them little protection. This is now known as Dalton Alley. On the morning of October 5, the gang emerged from the alley onto the plaza of Coffeyville.
Their target was their old hometown of Coffeyville, Kansas. [7] Early on Oct. 5 1892, Bob, Grat, and Emmett Dalton, with Powers and Broadwell, entered Coffeyville. They tied their horses in an alley across from the banks, and walked across, dividing into two groups before entering the Condon National Bank and First National Bank.
It was an utter failure. Coffeyville residents and lawmen rallied in a shootout against the outlaws, resulting in four of the five gang members being killed. Emmett Dalton was captured and convicted at trial, and imprisoned. Historians have speculated that a sixth gang member was in town, holding the horses in an alley, and escaped.
Sep. 7—Free maps of Antique Alley routes are available online, as well as Pop & Gran's Antiques & More at 300 E. Criner St. in Grandview. Online maps are available on Pop & Gran's Facebook page ...
The city is the location of the lowest point in the state of Kansas at 679 feet (207 m) above sea level. Coffeyville Municipal Airport is a few miles northeast of the city along US-169. Though Coffeyville is the largest city in Montgomery County, the county seat is Independence, 16 miles (26 km) northwest of the city.
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South Coffeyville is located on US Route 169 just south of the Oklahoma-Kansas state line. The city of Coffeyville, Kansas is 2.5 miles to the north. Onion Creek [6] flows past the north side of the community to its confluence with the Verdigris River 1.5 miles east.