By Logan Wells, News Director | Logan@kymnradio.net
The Defeat of Jesse James Days is Minnesota’s third-largest celebration. From the start on Wednesday with the memorial service for Joseph Lee Heywood, there have been 3 rodeos, a horseshoe hunt, 28 hours of Bridge Square Bingo, countless different deep fried foods, 8 Bank Raid Reanacments, a soup box derby race, a Grand Parade and a Rubber Duck Race to name just a few of the many different events. In the photos below see just a few of those events and memories from this past celebration.
Below are several different slideshows; most of the pictures were taken by KYMN’s Logan Wells, but several are from a friend of KYMN, Aramis Wells of Flashover Photography, and used with his permission. You can view Flashover Photography’s Facebook page here.
Bank Raid Reenactments
The Bank Raid Reenacment slideshow is split into halves: the 6pm Friday Reenacment and the 3pm Saturday Reenacment. Both are ordered so that photos appear in the order of how they would have happened during the reenactment.
The townspeople gather before the raid 
Tim Freeland, MC 
A group of the raiders ride into town 
A group of the raiders ride into town 
The remaining members of the gang run in to join the fight. 
The remaining members of the gang run in to join the fight. 
The townspeople grab they’re guns. 
The gang is chased out of town 
Photo from Aramis Wells/Flashover Photography 
Photo from Aramis Wells/Flashover Photography 
Photo from Aramis Wells/Flashover Photography 
Photo from Aramis Wells/Flashover Photography 
The raiders enter the bank – Photo from Aramis Wells/Flashover Photography 
Steve Grove as J.S. Allen struggles with a raider outside of the bank – Photo from Aramis Wells/Flashover Photography 
The fight begins – Photo from Aramis Wells/Flashover Photography 
Photo from Aramis Wells/Flashover Photography 
The townspeople fight back – Photo from Aramis Wells/Flashover Photography 
Photo from Aramis Wells/Flashover Photography
Grand Parade
One of KYMN’s retro logo banners in the parade. 
VFW Post 4393 and American Legion Post 84 lead the color guard in Grand Parade 
VFW Post 4393 and American Legion Post 84 lead the color guard in Grand Parade 
VFW Post 4393 and American Legion Post 84 lead the color guard in Grand Parade 
A WWII Jeep that was at Normandy carries the local VFW Commander and VFW Auxiliary President 
A WWII Jeep that was at Normandy carries the local VFW Commander and VFW Auxiliary President 
The 2024 DJJD Ambassadors 
The 2024 DJJD Junior Ambassadors 
The 2024 DJJD Ambassadors 
The Bank Raid Reenactors 
The Bank Raid Reenactors 
Northfield Area Fire & Rescue 
Northfield Area Fire & Rescue 
Northfield Area Fire & Rescue 
Northfield Area Fire & Rescue 
Northfield Area Fire & Rescue 
Northfield Police Chief Mark Elliot 
Northfield Police Chief Mark Elliot 
Northfield Hospital & Clinics 
Rice County Sheriff Jesse Thomas 
Rice County Sheriff Jesse Thomas 
The Northfield Library Book Mobile 
Northfield’s 2024 Teacher of the Year – Katherine Norrie 
The Sundowners Car Club 
The Sons of Norway 
The Sons of Norway 
Cannon Valley Vet Clinic 
Farmington Fire Department 
Dundas Dukes
