Linda, I have Webb's and Vestal's in my family history also. Are yours from Eastland and Callahan County? Thanks Donna Irby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Preston" <neecamp@juno.com> To: <TXEASTLA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [TXEASTLA] Santa Claus Bank Robbery > The Santa Claus Bank Robbery is one of our family's favorite stories. My > Dad, who is 91 years old, was in town during the Santa Claus Bank Robbery > -- as a matter of fact, he was heading for the bank and decided to stop > at the drug store and have a soda first. Upon hearing the news from a > passerby, he ran to the see what was going on. When he did see, he -- in > his words -- "got out of there fast." > > For those interested, the Cisco Police Department's Website discusses the > robbery. You can read that at > http://216.88.101.254/ciscopd/santaclaus.html. > > There's a book entitled "The Santa Claus Bank Robbery," by A.C. Greene, > published by the University of North Texas Press. > > I have a copy of a pamphlet that was printed by the First National Bank > years ago. I don't know if they still distribute this publication. I > don't want to take a chance on violating any copyrights, but if anyone is > interested, you might want to contact the bank to see if it is still > available: > > First National Bank > P.O. Box 1220 > Cisco, TX 76437 > (254) 442-2211 > > I was also surprised at how much a Google search for the Santa Claus Bank > Robbery turned up! > > Regards, > Linda > > *************************** > Linda Preston - Stuck in Southern California > Primary: neecamp@yahoo.com/Secondary: famtree5@juno.com > RESEARCHING: Camp, Nutt, Pippen/Pippin, Dennis, Neal, Webb, Vestal, > Rankin, Ray, Allen, and oh so many more! > > > ==== TXEASTLA Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Eastland Co., TX list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to TXEASTLA-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest List > to TXEASTLA-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237