Jesse James has been mouldering in his grave for 111 years, but time has not diminished his legend, especially in this part of western Missouri he called home. America’s most celebrated outlaw ...

In the words of the popular 19th-century ballad “Jesse James, ” the infamous Missouri outlaw "was a man that was knowed through all the land. For Jesse, he was bold and bad and brave." And, to ...

Some historians believe it's possible the outlaw faked his own death in 1882, although others believe James was killed by a fellow bandit who wanted to collect a $10,000 reward.

Exhumation of outlaw’s grave in Missouri postponed ... who rode with Jesse James, is buried in the Miller family plot in Muddy Fork Cemetery in Kearney. The grave was to be exhumed on Oct. 8.

GARRETSON, S.D. — In 1876, legendary outlaw Jesse James and his brother Frank were on the run after committing a bank robbery ...

Even though he died more than 140 years ago, American outlaw Jesse James has remained hugely famous. The story of his life and death - at the hands of 'coward' Robert Ford - has been told in print ...

Where they laid Jesse James in his grave. Missouri has not forgotten its most famous outlaw. The house in which he was shot, the bullet that killed him and even some of his teeth have all been ...

James was born Jesse Woodson James on the 5th of September 1847, in Clay County, Missouri. He was the middle child in between his older brother, Frank, and his younger sister, Susan.

The James-Younger gang — led by the infamous outlaw Jesse James — rode into Northfield, Minn., on Sept. 7, 1876, intent on robbing the First National Bank in heart of town.