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Jan 31, 2010 · The Kid later told Hoyt that Mr. Howard was, in reality, Jesse James, who was in town visiting a boyhood friend from Missouri. The Kid claimed Jesse offered him a job robbing trains, but that he had replied it was not his line of business. The tale certainly seems plausible to me as the Doc also noted James’s telltale missing fingertip.
Mar 30, 2020 · The interview with Billy the Kid in a Santa Fe jail—which appeared on page 4 of the January 20, 1881, edition of the Las Vegas Gazette—was shared by James B. Mills exclusively with True West. I have been seriously digging into the Billy the Kid story for the past three decades. I have walked where he walked, and I have had the privilege to ...
James Thomas and Mary Bruin Ford. Robert Newton Ford (January 31, 1862 – June 8, 1892) [1] was an American outlaw who killed fellow outlaw Jesse James on April 3, 1882. He and his brother Charley, both members of the James–Younger Gang under James's leadership, went on to perform paid re-enactments of the killing at publicity events.
Jan 6, 2010 · By Susan King. Jan. 6, 2010 12 AM PT. Jesse James and Billy the Kid were the rock stars of the wild, wild West. James, who was born in 1847 and died in 1882, was an outlaw, gang leader, bank and ...
Oct 3, 2013 · Discusses the legendary deaths of Wild Bill, Jesse James, Billy the Kid, and Butch Cassidy. Discusses the myths and legends surrounding their lives and legacies. Space may be the final frontier, but no frontier has ever captured the American imagination like the "Wild West", which still evokes images of dusty cowboys, outlaws, gunfights ...
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Feb 11, 2014 · Film Description. In an era in which cold-blooded killers such as Jesse James and the Younger Brothers terrorized the American West, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid and their Wild Bunch gang took ...
Jesse Woodson James was born in Clay County, Missouri, on September 5, 1847. He was the third of four children born to Robert and Zerelda Cole James, both Kentucky natives. Jesse James had an older brother Frank, a brother, Robert, who died in infancy, and a younger sister, Susan. His father was a slave-owning farmer and popular Baptist ...
