• InJesse James and Frank James

  Reared on a Missouri farm, Jesse and Frank shared their family’s sympathy with the Southern cause when the American Civil War broke out in 1861. Frank joined William C. Quantrill’s Confederate guerrillas, becoming friends with Cole Younger, a fellow member. Jesse followed suit by joining “Bloody” Bill Anderson’s guerrilla band.…

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Kansas City

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  InKansas City: The contemporary city

  Sites devoted to famed outlaw Jesse James are located northeast of the city in Liberty and Kearney.

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Younger brothers

• InYounger Brothers

  …war, in 1866, Cole joined Jesse and Frank James and other outlaws in a gang robbing banks in Missouri and in surrounding states. Jim Younger joined them in 1868, John Younger about a year later, and Bob Younger about 1872. The next summer the gang added train robberies to their…

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