A James-Younger Gang member paid a price for enjoying the loot. The James-Younger Gang got about $30,000 from a train robbery in December 1874. It...
An Early Celebration
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James Younger Gang
Nobody Believed Him!
A James Gang member couldn’t turn himself in. Jim Cummins was not the most enthusiastic member of the James-Younger Gang. He served with the boys...
From Outlaw to Horseman
Dick Liddil found a new calling at the race track. Dick Liddil joined the James Gang in 1879, near the end of its run. He eventually was arrested,...
A Detour From the Outlaw Trail
Frank James’ brief retirement brought peace and contentment. For Frank James, the years just after the James-Younger Gang’s disastrous raid on...
Who Was the Dodge City Gang?
The Dodge City “Gang" wasn’t what we think of an outlaw gang like the James Younger Gang. They were euphemistically known as "Luke Short and his...
Bullion? What Bullion?
Jesse James missed out on a big score because of semantics.
Who Shot Joe Heywood In The Northfield Bank Robbery? When discussing the James-Younger Gang at the ill-fated Northfield Bank Robbery, the question often comes up, “Who shot banker Joe Heywood, Frank or Jesse James?
When discussing the James-Younger Gang at the ill-fated Northfield Bank Robbery, the question often comes up, “Who shot banker Joe Heywood, Frank or...
The Daltons and the James-Younger Gang: How Much did they Take?
It’s estimated the James-Younger gang took in about $200,000 during a fifteen-year career. The Younger brothers were captured after Northfield in...