20,000 Mourn Pretty Boy Floyd

In the 1930s, bank robber Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd earned the nickname “Robin Hood of the Cookson Hills” because he destroyed mortgage documents whenever he robbed a bank, which made some people see him as a hero. Stories about him spread through the communities hit hardest by the Depression. Thousands of supporters and curious onlookers traveled to lay him to rest when he died. More than 20,000 people attended his funeral to pay their respects.

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