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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.
Jesse Gregory James (born April 19, 1969) is an American entrepreneur, automotive mechanic, and television personality. He is the founder of West Coast Choppers and former partner of Austin Speed Shop and current CEO of Jesse James Firearms Unlimited, both based in Austin, Texas.
Dec 8, 2014 · Jesse Woodson James, born in Clay County, Missouri, on September 5, 1847, was the son of Kentucky native Zerelda Cole James and her husband, Robert James, a Baptist minister and...
Jan 17, 2019 · The violence of the U.S. Civil War transformed Jesse James from Missouri farm boy to vicious killer.
A teenager when he rode off to join Confederate guerrillas in 1864, Jesse James never really stopped fighting the Civil War. Unable to accept the defeat of the secessionist cause, Jesse...
Jesse James | Timeline. The Life and Death of Jesse James. Young Jesse James at Greenville, Jesse James Museum. 1820. When Missouri enters the Union the balance between slave and free...
Sep 15, 2021 · He was a Confederate soldier who became one of the most notorious outlaws of the Wild West. How did Jesse James's name become synonymous with "renegade"? by HistoryNet Staff 9/15/2021. According to his brother, Frank, teenaged guerrilla Jesse James killed Major Johnston. (Library of Congress) Share This Article. Jesse James Facts.
Aug 17, 2013 · Shot All To Hell: Jesse James, The Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape is a new book about the legendary man. Most people know that Jesse James, and his brother Frank were...
Aug 21, 2021 · An ex-Confederate guerilla whose exploits set the pace for the wild decades to come, outlaw Jesse James was a romantic figure in the years after his early death as he was likened to a kind of American Robin Hood. But the real Jesse James was anything but a hero.
Jan 11, 2022 · Jesse James is one of the most notorious outlaws in the history of the American Wild West. As a prominent member of the high-profile James-Younger gang, his nefarious terrorising and robbing of banks, stagecoaches and trains in the mid to late 19th century earned him celebrity status.
