James-Younger Gang's Drunken Downfall

[@vernonpurdy8607]

My grandfather put coffee cans on the fence posts and perforated the bottom so when he put grease or old oil would drain slowly on the post so it would preserve the wooden post.

[@robappleby583]

Correct! I was about to say the same thing.

[@jerrys2745]

Wow very interesting factoid.

[@JenGa001]

Mine too... it's very common where I live

[@johnpogz9523]

I have seen it, but it it never registered it was old old cans though. That's pretty genius.

[@KingsleykSkorzeny]

Thanks, Thats a fine idea, make ya fence last a long time.

[@7colliemac]

I’m from Australia.. my dad (RIP) was a western fanatic. He would have loved your stories as I do & would have bought your book. You watch movies & don’t know how accurate it is.

[@fredcourtney03]

I love the humanity interjected into the story. Your dog barking in the background just shows that you are telling stories from your home. I just need a glass of sweet tea. Great stories

[@carolinadog8634]

The best story teller I’ve ever heard about the Wild West!

[@ShaneReynolds0421]

New fan, here 😎👍🏼 keep ‘em coming. I’m 30, now. I enjoy listening to men wiser than me explain their interests. So much knowledge; It’s awesome.

[@glvarner]

This story was excellent. Bob, you did a great job on this history. When the dog started barking I felt like I was home. Keep the stories coming partner.

[@Mitchell7]

I wish I could say, "yea, my dog too", but my black lab Mitchell 'never barks'....! I know, strange, but true.

[@purpleaesthetic8617]

Me and James young share the same great great great grandmother and grandpa

[@DavidVanmeterDutch]

Always has and still fascinates me how far but yet how close in time we are to all of this history. My grandfather that passed 3 years ago was born in 1929 and his mother came across the Oregon trail in wagons to settle in south central Oregon when they were kids. I grew up in the area they homesteaded but no family property or anything was still held after I was 2 or 3 years old.

[@johnfilardo2699]

Outstanding story Bob and Uno. I totally appreciated the opportunity to hear about the Great Northfield raid told truthfully. The Long Riders was an entertaining movie but the true story was even better. The people of Minnesota were brave and highly motivated to protect their bank! As a new subscriber to your site I'm looking forward to digging into all of your stories. Well done sir. 👏

[@susanmccormick6022]

John Filardo:The idea of brothers playing the Younger's & James boys was good But as a true story,heck,no.

[@jim2003sound]

I was never particularly attracted to these historic Desperado stories but how could you not be drawn in by the infectious enthusiasm of such a great story teller.

[@janupczak1643]

Oh! What a great time I've just had listening to this! I realized half way through I was smiling and chuckling...Thanks so much for the most entertaining AND educational video. I'm so glad I found you.

[@mikepulis4618]

Bob Boze Bell came to one of our cowboy action shoots by Mankato and filmed some of us. The area of the range looked similar to the Hanska slough by LaSalle, MN. Our match director was Rex McBeth, a local cowboy poet, author and historian. At the entrance to North Mankato is a tribute to Rex which contains one of his poems about the Northfield raid. I wonder where Mr Bell has that video. I still have a picture of us cowboys from the day of the filming.

[@gregoryurbach3015]

All very fascinating. I search for old newspapers, and 30 years ago at a swap meet, found the St. Paul Pioneer-Press and Tribune for Sept. 28, 1876. The headline is the capture of the Younger Brothers. A paragraph in the text says Jesse James is believed dead. The newspaper is not in great condition. It was laying on a blanket covered in dirt, but it was only $1.

[@larrydavis2559]

Great story brought to life by your excellent story telling ability.

[@williamfrancis402]

Thanks for the great story Bob, always look forward to your videos

[@bullitt7544]

I have seen quite a few of your presentations there Hombre, and when it comes to the "Wild West's Most Notorious Gangsters you are without a doubt a much better "Speculator" than most, if not All others. Your stories are enthralling, exciting, and bring back History in a very full and complete manner. Hats off to you Pardner...

[@jerryhulburt8527]

I lived between Mankato and madelia Minnesota. They still practice Minnesota nice to this day

[@stephenwall4494]

Just subbed today and Cannot believe I only just found this channel but so glad I did Love the story telling and the history Hi from the UK

[@mattdefabrizio]

I am new to your channel and I love listening to you tell these historical accounts. You truly do a great job and it feels like I could listen to you tell stories of the old west all day.

[@mikemiller3553]

I love reading True West magazine because it de-Hollywoods the stories and gives you the facts!! Looking forward to your next time on, and you spin a good truth!!

[@Channel53official]

Excellent story teller! So glad I found this channel

[@Dgriffis-u9d]

Bob. We met at the wortley hotel in Lincoln many years ago. I still love your history lessons. I played in the pageant, their in Lincoln NM. Went to school in captain NM. Graduated 1963.

[@rickriggins8440]

I have been to the location in Northfield. The street where all this happened is very narrow and the fact anyone made it out of town is amazing.

[@guadalahonky4002]

The town reminded me of Prague or Vienna, lit up at night and the river running through downtown. My nephew had a soccer match there and the family asked me if I wanted to go to Northfield. I said 'Heck Ya!'

[@clistabalusek6043]

À1

[@rooster6271]

You are such an interesting storyteller, great voice for it too

[@stephengranger9019]

Wow another awesome story. Looking forward to hearing more of the wild west days. So bring it on because I'm one of those guys that will enjoy your stories to be told. Have a great day kind Sir 😊

[@CharlesinGA]

My Great, great, grandfather (my dad's father's mother's father) George Crutchley, was a doctor in Hardin (Ray Co) and Norborne (Carroll Co) in Missouri and was reputed to have doctored on the James and Younger gang on occasions when one of them got shot or injured. I have much of the furniture from his home, and we still have one of his leather doctors bags with medical equipment inside. He eventually got out of doctoring and opened a general store. Both he and his son were buried in the Hardin Cemetery in which many of the graves, including theirs, were washed away in the great 1993 flood.

[@rickytodd6651]

Iam a Younger......we have much left from the Youngers and the most recent family book written about our family. As well I served time were Cole was at Stillwater after Northfield

[@susanmccormick6022]

​@@rickytodd6651 Sheesh I wish I could meet you.I have a book about the family which is a great read.And the cd of music played on Jim's violin.I wonder where it is now.

[@straingedays]

Watched & Listened to your enthusiastic retelling of this legendary piece of history while eating dinner, I'd not ever heard it told with such detail and even though my dinner was done, we sat and watched your story of the James Younger Gang to the very end. (Woof, Woof) Best Wishes from Eastern Australia 🐨

[@mikeoveli1028]

That was a great story. An eye lash away from victory. I love the details that you have dug up.

[@vehdynam]

Wow ! I just found this channel.......great telling , very interesting for a fan of the old west. thank you .

[@douggoss4855]

Awesome talk. Keep them coming!

[@johnbasalto4668]

Viva Uno! Great story, as usual, Bob. I love hearing you tell the stories.

[@wildcolonialman]

Fabulous telling. Dust coats and the Long Riders.

[@larrysune2659]

I actually grew up by Forest City, IA. There is a old square house out in the country north of Scarville which supposedly a overnight place back in the day that the gang stayed in just before Northfield.

[@nylemonday8630]

Nice to hear "the rest of the story." Thanks Bob!

[@rudolphrmcallister]

I had just watched "The Long Riders" and I wanted to find some true to life facts on the Longfield robbery attempt. I'm so glad I found this page. Truth is sometimes much more interesting and crazier than fiction. Thank you sir for this explanation.

[@guadalahonky4002]

The Long Riders is one of my favorite films, I've been to Northfield to see the bank. It's worth pointing out that the James Brothers parted ways with the shot-to-pieces Youngers and Clell Miller, in Madelia, MN, that's over 80 miles away from Northfield. That's a pretty fair piece, being chased by a posse. Frank and Jesse rode as far west as Garretson, South Dakota before circling back southward, toward Missouri.

[@WalldoTheWInner]

Me too!!

[@davidrice3337]

it's pretty good for a made for tv movie

[@scottharvey9357]

How do you from North Dakota! Just wanted to thank you for all your documentaries and all of your great information we really appreciate the way that you tell us about all of the stories and all of the things that the old west is really all about we appreciate the fact-finding information and true to life pictures and documentaries that you tell us keep it up hope to see more of this in 23 have a happy new year thanks

[@cloudymindtv85]

wow I could listen to him all day, love putting him in the background while I’m playing red dead redemption. I would love to hear his take on the Hatfield and mccoy story.

[@stevewhite205]

Frank shot Heywood, all that was ever said was "the guy on the dun horse". Never heard about them grabbing a kid to get thru Mankato. Was always, the Jame's wanted to kill off Bob cuz he was slowing them down, and Cole said "No Way". So Frank & Jesse left and took off west. When Bob got shot at Hanska Slough, after he gave up the shot came from a guy on a hill off to the side, and Sheriff Glispin said "Hold your fire, or I'll shoot the next man who fires a shot". But they did get treated very nice after being captured. Great Video Bob.

[@zing913945]

Great fun to hear this history ! Thanks

[@thomasm9384]

Great re-cap, Sir! Wonderful telling.

[@Sheltowee1775]

I can’t get enough of this guy. Great scholarship but great storyteller.

[@stevemccoy8138]

The Outlaws thought that the folks in Northfield were just a bunch of sqare head's, and wouldn't be any problem for them.

[@Tmanaz480]

I first discovered Bob in the late 80s on KSLX with David K. Jones in Phoenix. The Jones & Boze morning radio show was amazing.

[@bullitt7544]

Maps are Everything. I was hooked when you made that apparent. You must have Maps.

[@uptonsavoie]

This enthusiastic retelling of the downfall of the J-Y gang is the best I've heard. I think Uno's comments were a great touch; give him a dog biscuit for me. I'm proud to have had a grandmother from Minnesota, and she was definitely "Minnesota nice" but Minnesota tough and no shrinking violet! Who can say but if she had been there at the time of the botched robbery, she might have been one of the shooters?

[@markbennett7797]

"Give me a break. I'm telling my story!" Priceless!

[@acmag5730]

Love these stories:)

[@gregw.8044]

Thanks for sharing. Loved the content and you are a very good storyteller!

[@gonnafish]

A good tale! “Shot All to Hell” by Mark Lee Gardner is a great read and is well researched on the robbery and escape.

[@dks13827]

Kent read about the daughter May Heywood, see above.

[@patricklondon6006]

Being a distance relative of the Youngers and having heard about the Northfield raid, I did learn something from you. I never knew they road the train there. I was just at Gads Hill Missouri the other day where Jesse James and 4 others carried out the first train robbery in Missouri on January 31 1874. Keep up the good work.

[@4wchitstands]

My grandmother was a younger from cherryvale Kansas and she said that her mother said that all the ladys liked Cole younger when he road into town. He is a cousin of mine also. Charles younger was my great grandfather. The youngers to me are American heroes fighting tyranny!!!

[@freddymarcel-marcum6831]

Distant relative

[@guadalahonky4002]

Cole Younger's father had a prestigious job with the mail and was highly respected and that was stripped away from the Youngers.

[@Tmanaz480]

Maternal great grandmother was a Younger.

[@emmaconrey4575]

I am also a relative of the youngers!

[@BIG-DIPPER-56]

Thank you for that ! ! Very well done - will be around for more ! !

[@rodgermoore1321]

Buddy, that was the best yarn I've heard you tell yet! Keep 'em comin'!

[@chieffamilygenealogyoffice621]

My grandfather was young in Minnesota and the MD who took care of the prisoners including the last remaining Younger brother -I think Cole younger - came to little falls minnesota. They were walking down the street past the empty lot where my grandfather and his friends had built a “fort”. Cole looked at it and said “that reminds me when we were camping out on the plains”. Am fairly sure there was more to the conversation…..

[@BabyfaceGaming101]

This is an awesome story...on a Dalton/Younger binge because my maternal great grandmother was a Dalton and cousins with the Dalton boys via her great grandfather and theirs being one and the same...also related to them via the Youngers on my father's paternal line about the same distance...also have a great grandfather (father's maternal Carter line) that personally associated with the James brothers (which was apparently significant enough for it to be mentioned in his obituary) after the Civil War... It is one hell of a small world...

[@ThomasHronbrook]

I'm just trying to understand my family great grandmother is a younger and have learned small pieces of it this is just an incredible why to hear what took place not to far back in our family's history

[@BabyfaceGaming101]

@@ThomasHronbrook ikr...welcome to the family cousin!!!

[@HarpsichordHymnsTimRemington]

Thanks so much! I really enjoyed learning many of the details about this robbery attempt. I never knew the whiskey angle before. I love all the insights into how the people lived their lives at that time.

[@fixitmyself]

Fantastic! Thanks for putting this up. What was really cool is I could Google the bank and it is still there and so is Division St. Thanks again!

[@stevepenney2073]

Very interesting and entertaining.I remember many years ago my uncle telling me about seeing Frank James . I was only about 7 or 8 and i asked him...was he carrying a gun?He said he didnt know but a lot of people carried a gun in their pocket.That stuck with me.

[@susanmccormick6022]

Steve Penney:Brings it close for me,thinking how my father who was born 1910,was alive when Cole & Frank were.May they all RIP.

[@billstevens3372]

A very good job,Thank you

[@johnwesley8327]

Great story, well told. Thanks

[@kevinwassellsr.5646]

The coffee cans were to slow the decay from elements entering top of post

[@burtvincent1278]

Love the story, love the dog.

[@brunovolk7462]

Very nice video, thanks 👍👍👍

[@paulyoung4814]

Enjoyed. Please keep them coming.

[@scottmcfarland2149]

Having lived many years in Iowa and Arizona made this one more special for me. Another great video!!!!

[@wmunny6799]

Congratulations for the excellent video! I am from Brazil and I love westerns and all the history about the colonization of the West. I was an AFS exchange student in Owatonna, Minnesota, in the 1973/1974 school year. I was fortunate enough that in September 7 of 1973 my host family took me to the reenactment of the Northfield James Younger bank robbery, and enjoyed it immensely. The bank still has the notice honoring the clerk Joseph Heywood, who was shot for having refused to open the vault for the robbers. School friends at Owatonna High School used to say that the James Younger gang passed or stopped by the Mineral Springs Park in Owatonna, which we frequently used to go to. That is quite interesting if true. They had the movie The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid on TV that year, with Robert Duvall as Jesse James which I think is a great film. There is another good movie, The Intruders, on the subject. The movie was filmed in 1967 under the title Death Dance at Madelia(Wikipedia). I used to be a subscriber to Tru West and Old West magazines, but the mailing prices nowadays are prohibitives.

[@billm2078]

The younger brothers were captured a few miles north of our home place. Just south of the town of LaSalle MN.

[@disgruntledpedant2755]

Why aren't there more of these?

[@thork0tjt515]

Very interesting story. Thanks for sharing. Wasn’t there a shoot-out in Madelia prior to their capture near the LaSalle/ Hanska area? There is a beautiful mural depicting the shoot-out painted on the side of a historic building in Madelia. Downtown Madelia use to host a one day celebration reenactment of the shoot-out with the James Gang similar to the one in Northfield. You can find several historical markers in the area with information on the James Gang.

[@harleygrit5358]

Thanks for the video! Great job and very interesting!

[@TedBronson1918]

"Minnesota nice" - I like that. The made the foolish mistake of equating friendliness and a peaceful demeanor as a weakness. I ran into that exact same problem in high school, where it inspired some some kids to try to bully me. I taught them differently by beating up their leader and sending him to the hospital for some stitches. That is the only way some people will learn that just because a person may be friendly, kind, generous or have whatever kind of good/redeeming qualities, that doesn't mean that they're weak people who can be pushed around.

[@shawnathon60]

I was also,, the nice kid,.. horrible childhood and home life,, saved all my frustrations for the bullies!

[@susanmccormick6022]

@@shawnathon60 I hope your life is better now.

[@gawaineross6119]

Great presentation. Thanks so much!

[@photo59601]

Precious! Great story too! My son went to school in Northfield @ St Olaf.

[@davidschaadt3460]

I love those old photos .

[@ThomasGabrielsen]

I just recently discovered your channel and I find your stories compelling. You told that you're grandmother was Norwegian, do you know where in Norway your she came from, and do you have relatives in Norway? I hope you don't mind that I ask. I'm very interested in the immigration from Norway to USA in 1890 - 1910 time period. Three of my great-great-grandfather's sons emigrated to the United States in 1909 and 1910. The youngest, only 17 years old at the time, was named exactly the same as me. Unfortunately I don't know how things turned out for them, but I think there is a pretty good chance that I have some relatives in the US. The last track I've managed to find so far is the immigration record from when they arrived at Ellis Island. Greetings from Norway!

[@theresahardy344]

Well presented . Love your style .....and uno

[@captbart3185]

Very well done. Thank you and as a dog lover Uno added a great touch.

[@johnking6406]

I'm a Southerner, so I am naturally sympathetic to the James-Younger boys, but I got to admit, this is one of the BEST stories I have ever heard about the Northfield Raid. Can you tell me, IS there any truth to the legend that Cole Younger wore a "bullet-proof" vest made of thick cow-hide?

[@mygremlin1]

My ex boss yrs ago lost his uncle to the Dillinger gang at the intersection of hwy 18 & hwy 69.

[@davidbonneson9993]

I'm from Mankato and have heard many stories about the gang and the route they took to get away. One was about when they hid out in a cave outside of town.

[@dks13827]

Where is the cave, please ? Great info.

[@mizattg]

What a great story; thank you for sharing it with us! I recently watched the movie "American Outlaws" about this gang. How accurately did it portray their story?

[@chuckrabas3041]

As Jesse's granddaughter, Josephine, said when asked about the accuracy of the 1939 movie about Jesse; "Well, there WAS a man named Jesse James, and he DID ride a horse."

[@susanmccormick6022]

@@chuckrabas3041 Re Hellieweird,that says it all!

[@cliffordturner4197]

I so injoy your Stories

[@terrymarchand7402]

Love this was a awesome telling of the Northfield raid great job 👏

[@lynnwood7205]

Long ago you could still see the pockmarks in the brick and plaster walls from where the bullets were dug out. Boyhood memory from 1959 or 1960.

[@suezq809]

I absolutely love your story telling awesome!

[@ravensbrood3544]

Great Tale Bob, My Grandfather was born and raised in Forest City Iowa on a farm, l heard quite a few stories he shared with me.😊

[@gizabit]

Im hooked on this guys presentation and knowledge on this history that what we have been brought up with truly inspiring thank you 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇱🇷

[@mikemhoon]

Maybe the coffee cans on the posts may were an attempt to keep the posts from rotting on the top?

[@terranbiped8358]

Great story telling pardna.

[@railbart]

Great work thank you.

[@0lddragracer426]

Thanks for a great story Bob. Throughly enjoyed it. Were their hard feelings against Jesse and Frank James for abandoning the Youngers?

[@dks13827]

No.......... they all knew the Youngers were too hurt to 'run' anymore........... the James brothers knew they had to go on !!!

[@artdelcueto3072]

The James brothers were NOT involved. Cole was not to fond of Jesse

[@susanmccormick6022]

​@@artdelcueto3072 I always understood Frank was Cole's friend,not Jess.

[@davidrice3337]

​@@artdelcueto3072how did Cole and his kin get shot up in Minn?

[@Allen-ln6gz]

@@susanmccormick6022 Jesse and Cole were first cousins

[@mygremlin1]

I grew up in Garner Iowa just 10 miles from Forest City, Iowa You do an excellent history lesson in all your video's.

[@billm2078]

A few years ago we had an officer involved shooting in St. James MN. I stated to the retired police chief, the last police involved shooting we had in the county was the Younger brothers.

[@Bumper776]

In the 1960s the furniture from the old Greenbriar Hotel south of Oblong Illinois was auctioned off. The hotel had been there since the 1860s or before. A local man bought a small table at the auction and years later noticed that on the underneath side of the table, written in pencil was the name "Jesse James" and a date in the 1870s. The table is in the possession of the man's daughter who is a retired schoolteacher. My questions are: Was Jesse James ever known to have been in that area? Is there any way to have the signature authenticated?

[@danielcopeland3031]

Also herd they may have been down around current river in carter co . Missouri . Do you have any info on where in mo . They hid out .?

[@whenim6462]

Good job telling a great story.

[@JohnIniguez-xt2pv]

Love your special guest speaker Uno today.

[@tsimmons121]

thank you...i really enjoyed the story and appreciate your time...cheers🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jesserichards5582]

Very Fascinating! Thank You!

[@jimbailey7997]

In Cole younger’s biography he said the James Brothers was not at Northfield .

[@rthomas1247]

I think it was more a case of: When history becomes muddled, print the "LEGEND"!----- "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"!!!!

[@_metal_militia773]

great story! great video!

[@cBadArsBiker1579]

I absolutely loved this!

[@dedbytes2041]

Loving the stories my friend! I wouldn't be so dismissive of a dog aggressively barking at my balls loool. Dog lover here and giving you a bit of shmoo :p I am in love with the old west and am finding your research and stories very fascinating!

[@ericanate3155]

I spent some time in Sioux city and let me tell you, it's an incredibly beautiful city