Jesse James was the son of a Baptist minister, but he obviously took a wrong path. In September 1869, Jesse basically accepted that his faith was...
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Jesse James was the son of a Baptist minister, but he obviously took a wrong path. In September 1869, Jesse basically accepted that his faith was...
“One of the most brutal things in the world is your average 19-year-old American boy.” —T.J. Stiles, from Jesse James
Born into the Missouri-Kansas border war over slavery, teenaged Jesse James was destined to live a violent life.
Jesse James in Pop Culture 1875-1903
Bill Markley’s dual biography on Jesse James and Billy the Kid, a new Texas frontier history, two Western novels and a new history of the American Indian.
How Jesse James became one of Hollywood’s favorite outlaws.
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 early outlaw years of Missouri’s legendary outlaw trail can be discovered on a road trip across the Show-Me state.
History is alive in the historic home of the Pony Express and Jesse James.
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...
Ed O’Kelley is known as the man who killed Robert Ford, who killed Jesse James in 1882. O’Kelley did nine years in the Colorado pen for that. But he...
December 4, 1881 James Gang member, Dick Liddil, comes down for breakfast at the Bolton home, just east of Richmond, Missouri. He is soon joined by...