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James-Younger Gang Conference, 2010


On Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, I dropped in on the annual conference of the James-Younger Gang, gathered in Bardstown, Kentucky, where I visited with some old friends. Here’s John Koblas, author of Faithful Unto Death, The Jesse James Northfield Raid, The Great Cole Younger & Frank James Historical Wild West Show, and Jesse James Ate Here. Donna Rose Harrell (L)… (more…)

When a Younger Rode to Defeat Arizona-style Nativism


Born in Liberty, Missouri, Charles Bruce Younger Sr. was only twenty-three when he took a stab at killing the political campaign of his older cousin, Fontaine Talbott Fox. Their cousins in the future Younger Gang were yet in their teens. Fox was a politically savvy old codger. Already in his fifties, he had been a lawyer, judge, and attorney general… (more…)

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