The Wild West - Jesse James
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Uploaded by bestjonbon on Jun 16, 2009
This is the third in a brief new series. Jesse Woodson James was born in Missouri in 1847, which made him just the right age for the outbreak of the Civil War in 1862. He and his brother Frank became Confederate guerillas and engaged in some brutal activities during the war. And he never quite got over this earlier taste for violence. After the war, Jesse and his brother became criminal innovators, trying some new illegal (but highly profitable) ventures like robbing banks and holding up trains. They kept it up for 17 years, launching criminal forays that reached from Missouri to Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa, West Virginia, and Texas. Between raids, they lived quietly with their families under assumed names, largely protected by neighbors who considered them folk heroes. Jesse was finally shot in the back by "that dirty little coward" Bob Ford while dusting a photograph in his own parlor in St, Joseph, Missouri. He was 34 years old. Ford and his brother Charlie accepted a small reward from the governor and fled Missouri. Jesse's brother Frank, in Virginia when Jesse died, surrendered to authorities in Missouri five months later, and stood trial for a couple of killings and the robbery of an Army payroll, but he was acquitted in all three trials. The fact that a war hero Missouri general named Joseph Orville Shelby testified on his behalf and even embraced him in front of the jury may have helped. Frank was 72 when he died on the James farm. Music includes "Jesse James," sung by Jimmy Driftwood, and "The Legend of Jesse James,"performed by Charlie Daniels.
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I wish I was alive back then....
CaliKiitty 2 weeks ago
The Beatles were all wild west characters!
travb35 2 months ago
George Harrison at 1:39!
travb35 2 months ago
George Harrison of the Beatles was Jesse James reincarnation!
travb35 2 months ago
@freefire12gold1 no really im not kidding.
TheSigrists 10 months ago
@TheSigrists im related to him too lol
freefire12gold1 11 months ago
my grandma was tested, and the people found out shes realated tohim, so that means im realated to him...:( hes an evil man.
TheSigrists 1 year ago
The first frame, with the outlaws of the west, does not contain an actual photo of Jesse.
Jeffrey2038 1 year ago
These just keep getting better and better.
Love them! Great video.
Peace, Dan
NYCity99 2 years ago