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 trained his ...

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 a ...

Was Jesse James a villain, or a misunderstood hero? Known for his bank and train robberies, Jesse’s complex story is full of contradictions. Was he a dangerous outlaw, or was he simply fighting back ...

On this day, April 3, 1882, outlaw Jesse James is shot to death by fellow gang member Robert Ford. For 16 years, the James Gang, led by Jesse and Frank James, committed robberies and murders across ...

The Hon. James R. Ross, a retired Orange County Superior Court judge, is a great-grandson of legendary outlaw Jesse James and the author of “I Jesse James,” a four-generational saga about his family. ...

A mysterious 19th-century photograph bought on eBay for just $10 could be worth $2 million after experts identified it as an extremely rare portrait of infamous outlaw Jesse James. Justin Whiting, who ...