Showing Jesse James and the first Missouri train robbery by Ronald H. Beights

Jesse James and the First Missouri Train Robbery The train robbery by the James-Younger gang in 1874 at Gads Hill, Missouri, was a big news item of the day. American newspapers from as far away as New York and Boston carried the story, and journalists in St Louis, Chicago, and even European cities wrote scathing editorials about the crime. In time, the excitement subsided, but the raid at Gads Hill had a lasting effect on the lives of the James ... Full description