Our usually quiet city was startled last Tuesday by one of the most cold-blooded murders, and heavy robberies on record,” The Liberty Tribune reported February 16, 1866. Liberty, Missouri, is still usually quiet, as is the Clay County Savings Association that was robbed on February 13, 1866, “by a band of thieves and murderers” who killed one innocent bystander that frigid afternoon. The bank, rechristened the Jesse James Bank Museum, has been restored to look pretty much how it did whe

October 2004
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- Following Jesse James
- Del McCoury’s High Lonesome Sound
- I have a print of a photo I received from Winchester Arms, dated November 14, 1962. The caption says they are Texas Rangers. A year or two later, I read that Winchester made a mistake and the lawmen were actually Arizona Rangers. I’ve never heard of Arizo
- Has there ever been a thorough book written on the commerce of the Old West?
- Have you ever heard of an outlaw called “Three-Shooter Bill?”
- I thought spurs were worn only for bronc riding. Correct me if I’m wrong.
- Can you tell me how the famous XIT Ranch in Texas got its name? And can you explain how cattle rustlers altered the brand?
- True West’s Best of the West 2005 Winners