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JOSEPH, Mo., April 5.--The body of Jesse James was sent from this city on the 7 o'clock train of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railway this evening, in custody of Marshal Craig, of this city, and ...
The film implies that Jesse and Frank became outlaws because the railroads were forcing the James family and neighbors to sell their farms for almost nothing to the railroads--that’s false.
But Meguiar is confident his picture is the real deal because of the family connection and a forensic analysis. James in southcentral Kentucky That Jesse James was in this area is unquestioned ...
A Jesse James Festival is held each September in Kearney, and his family home there is a museum. The home where he died is also a museum in St. Joseph, Mo.
Frank's activities with a band of pro-Confederate guerrillas brought the wrath of Union militiamen to the James family. Jesse was roughed up and his stepfather tortured for information.