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Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847 – April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Raised in the "Little Dixie" area of Missouri, James and his family maintained strong Southern sympathies.
Apr 3, 2014 · Jesse James was a bank and train robber in the American Old West, best known as the leading member of the James-Younger gang of outlaws.
Learn about the daring and deadly exploits of Jesse James and his gang, who robbed banks, trains and civilians across the West. Explore the motives, methods and outcomes of their crimes, from Gallatin to Northfield.
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Learn about the life and crimes of Jesse James, the notorious bank robber and outlaw of the Wild West. See his birth, family, involvement in the Civil War, and death in this chronological list of events.
Learn about the 1876 robbery attempt by the James-Younger Gang, which ended in a shootout and a manhunt in Northfield, Minnesota. Find out who were the heroes, the victims, and the outlaws involved in this historic event.
Sep 7, 2018 · From 1868 until the disastrous Minnesota bank robbery in 1876 that broke up the gang, Jesse James rode with a group of former Confederate guerrillas known as the James-Younger Gang, whose core members were brothers: Frank and Jesse James, and Bob, Cole, Jim and John Younger.
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America's first daytime bank robbery during peacetime happened in the small town of Liberty, Missouri, on February 13, 1866. Bandits pistol-whipped a cashier at the Clay County Savings...