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- Russellville was recovering from the Civil War when an old Confederate guerrilla gang from Missouri that was up to no good made its way to town one day in 1868. Among the men, many believe, was the infamous Jesse James (1847-1882).
The gang robbed the Nimrod Long Banking Co. of Russellville on March 20, 1868. The bank president, Mr. Long himself, was shot and wounded. Jesse James later denied being there. However, it is certain that Jesse knew Kentucky well. His father, a minister, was born in Logan County, and his aunt lived in Adairville, providing him a convenient Kentucky hideout.
Jesse's gang hit a Kentucky bank again on April 29, 1872, when they robbed the Deposit Bank of Columbia, and killed an unarmed cashier. On Sept. 3, 1880, they held up a stagecoach on the road from Mammoth Cave to Cave City.
The years went by in a blur of bank and train robberies as the outlaw's legend grew. It all ended for Jesse James in 1882, when he was shot in the back of the head in his own home in St. Joseph, Missouri, by a trusted ally who wanted to collect bounty money.
The Russellville bank robbery is re-enacted every year at the Logan County Tobacco and Heritage Festival. The Adairville home where Jesse hid out with his aunt's family still stands today.
My Grandpa Williams was from Carter County Kentucky and born in 1896. He would talk about Jessie James like he knew him, even though he didn't. He knew of Jessie James based on first hand encounters of other Kentuckians. He said that "Jessie James was a mean mean man".
Ben Johnson comments in his memoirs about the incident when Frank and Jesse James were in the Central Hotel, in Bardstown, Kentucky. Two U. S. Marshals, George Hunter, and Yankee Blye were outside the Central Hotel, North Third Street, Bardstown with the knowledge that Frank and Jesse were inside the hotel. Ben Johnson seeing the Marshals went inside the hotel and warned the James' boys of the Marshals being outside. Both of the James boys told Ben to stay inside so he would not get hurt. The James boys exited the hotel, mounted their horses, and rode off with the Marshals making any attempt to arrest them. No mention is made of Donnie Pence being in the hotel. At this time in history, Donnie Pence was the Sheriff of Nelson County, Kentucky, and was a personal friend of both James boys. When Pence was Sheriff, Frank and Jesse had a friend in Nelson County, Kentucky and visited him frequently and were thereby protected. Ben Johnson declares that both Marshals found out he had warned the James boys of their presence and they had it in for him from that point on.
my great grandparents and my grandparents are buried in a cemetery in Lewisburg Kentucky right down the road from Russellville. I spent time there as a child on summer vacation with my grandparents at that big house in Lewisburg. I never heard of the robbery in Russellville from them but as I was a child, they wouldn’t talk about things like that in front of me, they are buried there in the small cemetery in Lewisburg Kentucky. My great grandparents are Forgys i have heard that theirs a lot of Forgys from that area. i myself was born in Detroit mi . my mom’s side of the family are all forgys .
Grew up with stories of them. Actually grew up a little in Midway as well. Collins Family. ;)
check out t the story of preacher Moore in Salyersville Ky. My great grand mother told me a story about a man named preacher Moore who courted her and he was Jesse James brother. He is buried in the cemetery in Salyersville Ky.
Did alot of studying jessie James never heard of a preacher Moore being jessie James brother though
Also in those hold ups was none other than the three Younger brothers, who also had kin in the Adairville, Logan County are. Later after the death of all of the James and Younger, a young relative who went by the name Wick Henderson AKA, Wick Younger. As a young boy, growing up in Orlinda, Tn, there was an elderly gentleman whose name was Charles Henderson, once told me as a young boy, Cole Younger came to stay at his parent's home, after Cole Younger was released from Prison right after the turn of the century. Mr. Charley's Father was killed in a shootout with a Sheriff in Adairville ky when he was in his 30s. He is buried in Lamont Tennessee under a cedar tree in a long grave.
Jesse James was no 1 outlaw!
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I love documentaries like this.
I was born & raised in Columbia, Kentucky. ( Adair county)
They do a reenactment of the bank robbery during a festival on the square. My nephew is one of the actors, they ride in on horses, with guns, some in the long coats.
Its great to watch.
I saw a movie once abt Jesse & Frank James, I can't remember the name of it but Johnny Cash played in it & if not mistaken, Kris Kristofferson also.
If anyone knows of this,please post it..thanks.
Here's the info Shirley:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Days_of_Frank_and_Jesse_James
My Mom grew up there also her home was on Bliss Rd. just off of Edmonton Rd., close to Gradyville, the house that stands on the Harvey Lumber Co. was built by my grandfather, and he was the sheriff back in the 40's and 50's. I remember the trip to town on the winding road and the seeing the town hall as you make that turn as you enter the city limits, Walking the square as a kid I saw the plaque on the bank wall that said that Jesse James robbed it but I don't recall the date, my Uncles sat on the square and carved and talked about what happened and we boys would sit and listen. The Coomer's and Bakers and the Crawhorn, Sneed families would always meet at the graveyards every year and enjoy time and talk about the town of Columbia and its history.
I lived in Columbia for 25 years and raised my 2 kids there and know about this and Morgan's raid on the town
@@keithjones7164I was married to a Sneed and worked for Jimmy rufford drilling in sparksvillie and they loys are part of the same family
I would have been proud to have ridden with Jesse, frank and the youngers
@Marc Mcclurg you need to mind your business (loser)
my grandady told us this story many years ago.
My great grandpa Sam Cole told my grandfather Charlie that they stayed the night with them in Salyersville and had fine horse's and gave him a twenty dollar gold piece for taking care if them.
Didn't the Coles rode with Jesse's gang?
In a small cabin that was on now called Lake Morris in Hopkinsville Kentucky, was a gentleman and his young sick daughter… Jessie and Frank knew the gentleman and knew he needed 12,000 for a surgery for his daughter which they didn’t have… Supposedly this is why they robbed the Russellville Bank… I lived in the small cabin part which had been moved to the corner of Morris Rd/Old Madisonville Rd… Rooms had been built around it expanding the house through a gentleman nameMr. Thomas Lacy… Thomas was born a hundred years earlier in this house and knew the bank story well… Supposedly… We did sign an agreement that the cabin never to be touched looking for artifacts because others before had did so prior… Neat history though
I'm related to Jessie James on my dad's side. I know for a fact Jessie and Dalton boys gave to those in need. Including my own family.
That is interesting to hear Rebecca. Were the stories passed down through the family.
I was watching a video last night that said that Jesse was under cover for the government and he was only trying to help the US, that he wasn't a criminal.
I don't believe the Robinhood myth but Even it was true...it doesn't excuse cold blooded murder
My uncle was a grandson to Frank James. When Frank James lived in Harlan county Kentucky.
My uncle's cousin's brother's former roommate said his uncle's cousin's best friend told him that HIS uncle's sister's neice, twice removed, was related to a guy that gave Jesse James' horse a peppermint. Swear to God!
Lol
My baby daddy's sisters cousin Tracy's friend said she seen you at the movies hugged up with some tramp. Now tell me who she was😂
Jessie James also had a hideout called Bandits Cave in Dawson Springs Ky.
Know it well. Penny Rile State Park.
It would be interesting to know who owned those banks.
According to stories from family members Jesse James made it into the mountains of far eastern Kentucky as well as southwestern West Virginia. My moms maiden name was Howard. Mom and her dads people were from Eastern Kentucky. Im not sure if its fact but we have always been told we are related to Jesse James. Lots of Howard's from Kentucky have made this claim
I'm actually related to Jesse James & I know this because I went to The James Family Reunion in Carrollton Kentucky years ago & that's where I found out I'm related to Jesse James.
EVERYBODY claims to be related to Jesse James! My own family, and my husbands family too. When you watch ANY video on J.J., the comment section is full of people saying their related. Im convinced its nothing more than everyone wishfully wanting some connection to a legend.
My middle names james and I live in KY and my grandmother was a howard.. I kinda look like them too lol
Matt R! My Papaw Howard's first name was James also
My grandfather is a Howard and a genealogist. He has always claimed that the Howard’s were only friends of the James’ and helped hide them while they were in Ky.
There’s a story my great grandfather passed down About Jesse James robbing a bank on the West Virginia Kentucky border and then they hid out in Cove Gap WV on Wade Adkins branch as family lived there. If anyone has any info on banks in that area he may have robbed please lmk.
He lived In Nashville Tennessee for over two years.
Jesse James was da PEW-PEW man!
At the Alcatraz east Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge, TN there is a section of flooring which is stained with the blood of Jesse James. It was from the farmhouse of one of his relatives in Kentucky. He had been shot and went to hide out there and bled on the floor. It has the appearance of a black stain on wood, but it is interesting to know this is the actual blood of Jesse James. A walking stick belonging to Frank James is also in the museum.
Im from spottsville and my step mothers great grandparents built a house on the foundation of the old spottsville jail. The Jail was across the street from the bar. One night jesse had stopped to wait for his brother, Frank to arrive an gotten into an argument with someone an they were arrested for drunkenness. Not sure if he gave a fake name or what but the next morning they were released. This was during the time the James brothers were wanted
My great great road with Jessie & was killed in Minnesota. Robbery. C. Miller
I would like to get some of this information, my grandfather was Henry Vance and grand mother Sara Elizabeth vance., sister of Pearl Johnson .
I don't know if it's true..but I was told he liked to drink the water from Sulphur Well Kentucky..
Racheal Lange
Ky ground water is so amazing good for making moonshine to
Man I'd love to get my hands on those gold and silver coins
My family has always told a story of the James' hiding in "Baby rock cave" on their property in butler county after the Russellville robbery. I always took it with a grain of salt but maybe it was true after all
My dad has some property in Butler county I've always heard Jesse might of hid stuff in them
@@robertking1333 makes you wonder
My family lived at dads bottoms.wayne county ky. And now it's all underwater Cumberland lake millions of revenue tourist careful not to hook one of my ancestors coffins and pull it into your boat.DAMN.........
Eades bottoms
R D Eades.
So you talked about Bardstown, with the James brothers exiting the hotel without a gun fight. Why then, does the Bardstown jail claim to show off bullet holes in their walls from a gunfight with the James brothers. They were quite proud of their claim to fame when I visited Bardstown. I think the truth is that most the stories surrounding the James' are greatly exagerated fiction.
I agree. I feel like the thousands of people who claim to be related to Jesse is incorrect as well
If Bardstown is going to be mentioned, then tell the BIGGER story. Not a word of the bullet hole in a mural upstairs at the Old Talbots Tavern put there by Jessie. Either this video does not have all the facts or Bardstown historians have been lying for over a century.
Im trying to find were it says Dick Lytle was a look out for him
Well I don't know about this video. No mention of the bank robbery of the bank on main street in Mount Sterling Kentucky.
I like history, but not much of a bunch of murderers
My grandmother was born at gads hill Missouri 1921...
Jesse James robbed his first train
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So how are the tubbs family tie in with them? Or do they!
does anyone know what relation Walton James was to Jessie James my grandmother was married to walton
Bank in Shepherdsville ky robbed by james
They put up the same looking sign for baby face Nelson where he died so that sign thing is false
So is it a myth that Jesse James once ate/ drank at a restaurant called Angelo’s In The Gap in Cumberland Gap, TN?
Learn something new... I live near Lexington
Dalton boys were too _oung to have been any part of the gang
His mother looked a real barrel of laughs
Why were these Guys robbing Banks? Money stolen from them?
Gunmen crooksend of conversation
My blah blah blah met blah blah one time my great blah blah knew blah blah and I want to be associated with the story so I'll just blah blah blah so I can be part of the story.....quit making everything about you! And just listen to the story
Keep it nice Ray