This is the house that Frank & Jesse's mother and little brother Archie were in when the Pinkertons tossed in a bomb. The bomb killed Archie and their mother lost an arm.
This is now the front of the home. Frank & Jesse's mother ordered it from a Sears catalog in the late 1800's or early 1900's. I'm not exactly sure when...
THE BANK IN LIBERTY, MISSOURI
My dad
MERAMEC CAVERN, STANTON, MISSOURI
Meramec Cavern: Local legend has itI that during the Civil War, a Federal powder mill in the cave was blown up by Confederate guerrillas of whom Jesse James was a member. Local legend also says in the early 1870's, Jesse James and his band returned to the Cavern on numerous occasions because it afforded a complete hideout for men and horses after train and bank robberies.
THE BANK IN NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA
The raid on this bank was pretty much the end of the James-Younger Gang.
Northfield Minnesota Web Page
JESSE JAMES HOME IN ST. JOSEPH, MO WHERE THE FORD BROTHERS SHOT HIM
The hole in the wall with a frame around it is obviously larger than a bullet hole. This is because the first curiosity seekers, like today, had to touch everything... The pistol is not the orginal pistol used to kill Jesse, but is the same make and model.
THE CEMETARY IN Kearney, MISSOURI
Archie was killed by a bomb thrown by the Pinkerton Detective Agency when Frank & Jesse weren't even home.
HISTORICAL MARKER IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
Frank and Jesse James Family Outline Family Tree and related links.
Clay County Jesse James Site
FRIENDS OF THE JAMES FARM
St. Joseph Jesse James Page
The Pony Express, Jesse James & Patee House
The James-Younger Gang
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