This map describes "Jesse James Country 1847-1882" ending with the assassination of Jesse James at...
Mapping ‘Jesse James Country’ in Northwest Missouri
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Jesse James & Outlaws
‘The Ballad of Jesse James’ Reasonably Accurate and Popular
Ballads are lyrical books. For centuries and centuries they have been a source not only of...
Governor Offers $5,000 Reward for Jesse, Frank James
The following is the proclamation of the Governor of Missouri, announcing rewards for the arrest...
1881 Rock Island Train Robbery, Murder at Winston, MO
This account is reprinted from the July 21, 1881, edition of the Gallatin North Missourian (with...
History Book Account of 1881 Rock Island Train Robbery
This following account of the 1881 train robbery which occurred in July, 1881, on the Chicago,...
Lesser Known Jesse James Gunfight at Civil Bend, MO
The 1869 bank robbery at Gallatin, the 1881 train robbery at Winston, and the 1883 trial of Frank...
More About the Corydon (IA) Bank Robbery by the James Gang
A minor gunfight at Civil Bend in Daviess County, MO, occurred after desperadoes robbed the new...
Henry Clay McDougal: Personal Showdown with Jesse James 1870
Frontier lawyer Henry Clay McDougal took on the fearsome outlaw in court -- and never backed...
Jesse James Writes a Denial Concerning Gallatin Bank Robbery
This is an example of the letters Jesse James submitted to newspapers for publication, seeking...
An ‘Eye-Witness’ Version of 1869 Bank Robbery at Gallatin, MO
NOTE: This is a reprint of an account from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat based on memories of an...
1869: Bank Robbery, Murder in the Streets of Gallatin, MO
What kind of day was it... that day, December 7, 1869, when two men (later determined to be Frank...
Daniel Smoote Sues Jesse James for His Horse …and Lives
Mistaken identity led to murder during the December 7, 1869, robbery of the Daviess County Savings...
Visit the 1889 Squirrel Cage Jail, located 2 blocks west of the Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin, MO. This historic relic is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as a visitors’ center — by appointment,
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