
When we do, we depend on our loyal, helpful readers to point out how we can do better. Although he came to be known as one of the most dangerous bandits of the west, James started out his life as a religious, peaceful farm boy who. However, despite our best efforts, we sometimes miss the mark. Jesse James, one of the most violent outlaws of the wild west, got his first taste for violence as a Civil War guerrilla fighting for the Confederates. Each of those James gangs had 3 to 5 members at a minimum. Our editors are instructed to fact check thoroughly, including finding at least three references for each fact. In matters of Jesse James, there were perhaps 20 outlaws who borrowed Jesse’s persona to commit their crimes. Our credibility is the turbo-charged engine of our success. Please submit feedback to Thanks for your time!ĭo you question the accuracy of a fact you just read? At Factinate, we’re dedicated to getting things right.

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In the long history of American outlaws, one name that always rings out is that of Jesse James. He was their champion and their example, the apple of their eyes at times it even seemed to Zee that she wasn’t Jesse’s only wife, that America had married him too.” -Ron Hansen, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Insofar as it wasn’t them that the James gang robbed, the public seemed to wish Jesse a prolonged life and great prosperity. Frank Dalton announced that he was Jesse James, alive and well. Correspondents sought to locate him, mysteries about the James brothers were considered in editorials, reports of their robberies seemed to be such a national addiction that nickel books were being published in order to offer more imaginative adventures. Did Jesse James surface in 1948 in Lawton In May of that year a Lawton centenarian named J.
