Frank James – Scholar with a Gun
From Phil Stewart’s Archive, first published on Stray Leaves in 1999. Frank James – Scholar with a Gun By Phil Stewart Frank James received more education as a young man than did most rural Missouri...
View ArticleThe Smack & Zing of This Bloody Ground
Daniel Boone and John M. James are ancestors of today’s descendants of Jesse James. In the present film documentary Daniel Boone & the Opening of the American West, Boone once more cuts a path and...
View ArticleWilbur Zink’s FRANK JAMES COLLECTION Goes Up for Auction
Frank James wrote to his wife Annie, “Burn these letters.” Now Frank’s letters are going to auction. I learned about Frank’s letters from Wilbur Zink personally. They were my partial impetus for...
View ArticleBob Ford-Jesse James Photo Hoax Cabal
In the Bob Ford – Jesse James photo hoax formerly written about HERE, a cabal of hoaxers assembled to perpetrate a case of identity theft, at the expense of factual history and in violation of the...
View ArticleReview – Frank and Jesse James “Friends and Family”
Book Review: Frank and Jesse James “Friends and Family” by Freda Cruse Hardison. Morris Publishing, Kearney, Nebraska, 2015. 381 pp. ISBN 978-0-9842111-2-8. $29.00. Paperback. Photos. No end notes,...
View ArticleMajor Bridgewater, why?
MAJOR BRIDGEWATER, WHY? By Eric F. James “Major Bridgewater, Why?” first appeared in the James-Younger Gang Journal. It appears here in a revised and enhanced edition. “They gutted my office pretty...
View ArticleFrank James Was Framed – Remove from Frame
Two new articles about Frank James drew our attention last week. The Wild West History Association just published an informative article in their WWHA Journal, March 2017, about Frank James in...
View Article2017 JAMES-YOUNGER GANG – Diary of a Preview Tour
TOUR DIARY – DAY ONE April 19, 2017 – Dan Pence and Tom Nall, president and past president of the International James-Younger Gang Inc., will arrive at the 200-year-old Hemp House here in Danville...
View ArticleDNA Reveals Truth of Family’s Jesse James Story
When Frank and Jesse James appeared in the family history of Tony Johnson, he turned to DNA. Tony wanted to learn and know the truth of his family’s story. The story was told to each generation for...
View ArticleR.I.P. Sam Shepard 1943-2017
Rest in Peace Sam Shepard, bluegrass neighbor in Midway, Kentucky and the best Frank James ever. The post R.I.P. Sam Shepard 1943-2017 appeared first on S t r a y L e a v e s.
View ArticleKnights of the Golden Circle Exposed
BOOK REVIEW: Baker, L. C., The Ones That Got Away: Knights of the Golden Circle Exposed (no publication information given) pp.177, some photos and illustrations, no endnotes, bibliography, or index....
View ArticleLETTER OF DAVID DANIEL JAMES – Short on James Ancestry, Silent about Family...
The following letter of David Daniel “D.D.” James to his daughter Bessie James-Gaston leaves much unsaid. Topping the list, D.D.’s lack of knowledge about his James ancestry is abundantly evident....
View ArticleSIFT – Summer Stockpile 2019
The threat and cloud of foreclosure will remain above James Farm until Clay County can pay its debt. The post SIFT – Summer Stockpile 2019 appeared first on S t r a y L e a v e s.
View ArticleThe Eyes of Jesse James
Family records tell us that Jesse James‘ strongest features are his “soul-piercing crystal blue eyes.” The Eyes of Jesse & Frank James Sensitive to light, Jesse was known to blink his eyes often. A...
View ArticleThe Smack & Zing of This Bloody Ground
Daniel Boone and John M. James are ancestors of today’s descendants of Jesse James. In the present film documentary Daniel Boone & the Opening of the American West, Boone once more cuts a path and...
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