Jesse James' Original Gravesite & Where He Is Now!

Jesse was one of the most notorious old west outlaws around. He robbed banks, stagecoaches and trains across the Midwest. His life of crime after the end of the Reconstruction era helped cement his place in American history as a simple yet remarkably effective bandit. There have been many portrayals of Jesse in movies, shows and books. Many of them have portrayed him as the Robin Hood of the South which is quite simply not the case.
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[@AmWestColl]

I am continually impressed by the amazing history items and subjects you search out and present!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Ron! I have a fascination with these old lawmen and outlaws. I think they are my favorite.

[@Johnny53kgb-nsa]

Very well done video. It's cool that they still kept all the artifacts. Thanks, JohnG

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thanks for watching!

[@rockofagesusa7942]

I’m glad to see you doing so well, when I watched the video of you mowing that forgotten graveyard I New you was a great guy so I subscribed . Been watching you grow every since then and I wish ya the best

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you buddy! I appreciate you always watching and commenting. It's great to have you along for the journey!

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

Thank you for "sneaking" the video. I'm really fascinated with Missouri outlaws. And there's a bunch of them.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching. Missouri was definitely a hot bed!

[@ScoopDogg]

Thanks Rhetty that was fantastic work you did on this. well done, one of your best videos to date. One I had missed, so glad I found it.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate you watching!

[@patriciamunsch3920]

Wow another great video. My deceased husband was related to the Youngers. We went to visit his aunt Effie and uncle Alvin back in the early 80s. They lived right next door to the old Younger homestead. We were allowed inside and found some old bottles and newspaper under the floor. His uncle Alvin got tired of people trying to get into the well to try to find what was down there, so he filled it in.After we left Alvin Younger said he had been contacted and was told Roy Clark wanted to buy the piece of land and the old cabin, he was fed up at that point with sightseers and burned the cabin down. Effie told us that some items were in the cave in the side of the mountain but to get to it you need to have a rope and repel down the side into the cave. We didn't do it. My husband's mother did get Coe Youngers banjo when her mother died and donated it and some other items to a museum in Kaw Oklahoma. I can't remember where it was that we visited the Younger cabin but I keep thinking mountain home or mountain view. Thanks again for all the informative videos

[@RhettyforHistory]

Wow! That's really fascinating to hear how the relation is as well as getting to go out on the Younger's property. That's too bad it was burned and cemented in. Talk about lost history. Do you know what museum that banjo is in? I may have to go check that out if it's still there. Thanks for watching and sharing your family's story and information.

[@fondaproctor9034]

Fascinating stuff! Love the old photos of his mother. Great job!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Fonda! I think she was a tough old lady.

[@hoosierladyus48]

I love going to see historical places.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I do too! I'm glad to meet others that enjoy the same thing!

[@briand4000]

outstanding reporting! Really enjoyed it. The "Long Riders" movie really did a great job of telling the story of the James/Younger Gang.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@lesd9783]

Awesome video and thanks for sharing big history on the James family. I've been to Saint Joseph, MO. during my trucking career and never taken the time to drive over to the James farm and over to Kearney either. Might have to take a road trip up there this summer.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'd need to hit the St. Joseph home this year to sort of complete the places on Jesse. I've never been there but I'm hoping to this year. Thanks for watching and commenting my friend!

[@LandumCgoesthere]

I had no idea they had that many things in the museum... I have been near there filming other things 2 times and never gone to visit. I don't understand when they say "no filming in the museum" (as you run into this at some places) but your video makes me want to go there now!!! Great video Rhett! I look forward to us filming together in February!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

I wish they would have let me film in the house but you go thru with a tour guide so it was strictly off limits. I really just wanted to show the fireplace that the bomb went in. Thanks for watching Landum and I'm looking forward to February.

[@russbear31]

When I was doing genealogy, I found a few family connection to Jesse James. (By the way, I live in Clay County, Missouri, and not far from the Jesse James homestead in Kearney. My family has been here for 180 years.) Back in 1870's I had a distant cousin named Ballentine Munkirs. The Munkirs family lived on a farm about a half mile east of the James homestead. During the Civil War, Ballentine was a Confederate Bushwhacker along with Frank James and they both rode with William Clarke Quantrill's gang. Ballentine was friends with Frank James and most definitely knew Jesse, but Jesse was to young to fight in the war. When Frank and Jesse turned to a life of crime and robbed their first bank in nearby Liberty, Missouri, the sheriff arrested my cousin Ballentine Munkirs, accusing him of being a part of Frank and Jesse's gang. Ballentine was in jail for about 2 days until he could convince the sheriff that he had nothing to do with the bank robbery. The sheriff assumed that he was guilty since he was a "known associate" of Frank and Jesse. There never was any proof that my cousin was a part of the gang, but he hung out with Frank and Jesse nonetheless. The other connection: Another one of my distant cousins is Confederate general Joseph O "Jo" Shelby, who also lived nearby. There have long been rumors that Jo Shelby sheltered Frank and Jesse and allowed them to hide on his farm on occasions after they pulled robberies. It's well known that Jesse James idolized and worshiped Jo Shelby as a great leader of the "Lost Cause." So it's possible that their paths crossed and that Jo Shelby helped Frank and Jesse.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those are some interesting connections. I'm sure a lot more people helped them than we will ever know but it's great to hear about a couple more associations with them. Is your cousin Ballentine in that same cemetery Jesse is in?

[@russbear31]

@@RhettyforHistory No, Ballentine is not in the Kearney cemetery. He was buried in a small family cemetery near his farm. Right now I am writing this from Excelsior Springs, MO, the hometown of Bob Ford, the little coward who shot Mr. Howard. ;-) BTW, if I had known you were in the area and looking up famous graves I could have directed you to a few. People like Bob Ford, Bloody Bill Anderson, Carrie Nation, and Dale Carnegie.

[@davidchappell4759]

Loved seeing that today on our journey around this area.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Missouri has a lot of interesting history. I'm glad you are seeing it too!

[@garynewis8293]

So fascinating with Jesse James,all the action things that happened

[@libbynewsom766]

I grew up in the South Alabama born raised in Georgia. now living in Kansas / Missouri border ..Always loved the old west stories but always a great more affection tp Doc Holiday. As I lived in Griffin, Georgia.. But recenlty had a cuzn who had her DNA done came back related to Jesse through that 1995 DNA through a female ancestor that Im in direct blood line too ..I never dreamed it ..But I know Jesse was in Alabama as he was heavily involved in the Confederacy.

[@curvesholladay1207]

Great stories! I didn’t know any of that. Always fun to learn history. Thanks!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Curves! I appreciate you watching!

[@janicetrent9694]

I didn't know a lot of this. Thank you. I hate that I didn't get to see these things when we traveled out west to Arizona. Thanks again. Keep up the good work.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I know how that is. There are so many things to see and so little time to do it. Sometimes it gives you and excuse to go back! Thanks for watching!

[@psleep4255]

As usual you make me crazy to take a road trip. I always took my mom and dog with me just driving around the USA and seeing as many historical places as we could. Between my mom and dog, that was usually 3-4 a day but man do I miss them. Both are gone now. Traveling by myself just doesn’t seem like much fun. Part of the fun was driving and talking and laughing and being miserable being on the road 12 hours a day. But darn it I miss it!!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm sorry there isn't anyone to enjoy it with. But I've have always been the type that enjoys it with or without someone. I did see someone today that was out sightseeing and traveling the country in a van. She had a setup that she could sleep in. It was just her and her dog. She was probably in her lower 60's. I thought it was really could she was doing that. And I was a little jealous!

[@Joseywales414]

Wow that was inedible, thank you. You have done a pretty good job on informing us on things we would have never known. This just makes you want to go visit.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Josey!

[@michaelmeyer6503]

great video, great information as well didn't know some of the things that u said thanks my friend.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Michael and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@tangie777uk]

This was a fantastic video, Thank you so much

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you. I appreciate you watching.

[@whatsthedealwithdanny3913]

I visited there about 8 years ago. It's great to have something like that still around to visit. I wasn't aware of his Gravesite at the time. I hate that I missed finding it. I think I drove right by the cemetery , but didn't realize he was there. Oh well , next time I guess. I really enjoy your videos , Thanks for sharing.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Depending on how you got to the farm you may have passed right by the cemetery. You're right about it being great that it's still around. Thanks for watching and I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the videos.

[@mlgauss60435]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thanks for watching!

[@AViewFromTheMiddle]

I started to say it's hard to believe people would chip off pieces of a headstone, but then again maybe it's not so hard to believe what some people will do. Great video. It's awesome they still have all that stuff from when the James' lived there. Hopefully they aren't still selling rocks for a quarter.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yeah, believe it or not chipping off part of the stones is super popular with criminals and rock stars. It's interesting because they are still selling those rocks off of the old grave location. $5 a rock I think and no shortage of people buying them and they come off of the river still. Jesse's mother also sold his "Pistol and Shotgun" that he always used to rob banks and kill people. She would sell them and then acquire two others and sell them as well saying that he never used anything else. There are tons of them out there and no one knows if there are actually any authentic ones out there at all.

[@TampaJay]

I remember when you went to Franks grave. This is awesome man. I love the history of the James and Youger Gang. So cool to see his grave

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yeah they were big time outlaws in the old west and some of my favorite to study about. Missouri had a lot of those! Thank you for watching and commenting my friend.

[@billyself2743]

Thank you very much for the video’s I am kin to the Jameses my great grandmother was Sarah Jane James and I met with Bud Hardcastle and he took me to his home and we talked about Mr Dalton he told me a lot of interesting information about Mr Dalton

[@greghall4113]

What a great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thanks Greg! I appreciate you watching and commenting!

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

It's interesting to see that people were visiting famous graves even back then before KZbin and Find A Grave made it so much easier. I hope to stop here on my road trip later this year. Thanks for all the history. I didn't know any of it.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yeah they have been popular for a long time. It's also amazing to see how many people attended funerals back in the day. I think they were more popular 80 to 100 years ago then they are today. Thanks for watching my friend.

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

I think everyone is so busy and families are often spread all over the place now that funerals almost seem to be a thing of the past. I'm surprised when I see them in cemeteries. I haven't been to one in decades. Everyone I know has been cremated and scattered. When my time comes, I'm foregoing a funeral or service and just having whoever is still alive, put my ashes in my niche, that's already been purchased. Funny how much things can change in less than 100 years.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That's true. People's views have changed a lot. In the case of the 30's criminal here in Oklahoma about 40,000 people attended his funeral and about 99.9% of them were strangers. I think all of us on KZbin that cover graves are in the minority now. I still find them fascinating even though I plan on being cremated as well.

[@suzyqualcast6269]

RhettyforFun : little bit, kinda like an East End bye bye... in little old London town, ooo-k!

[@evilqtip7098]

Glad they let you film awesome loved it..

[@RhettyforHistory]

They wouldn't let me film inside the house but everything else was ok. Thank you for watching!

[@rosicarrillo3579]

Great video! I love history. Tfs

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Rosi! I love history too and I'm glad to hear you do as well.

[@chriscosby2459]

Very interesting video Rhetty, I am surprised that the grass around Jesse James' grave is not worn or a trail leading to his grave. The grave must not have the foot traffic of other famous graves.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I think most people go to the homestead and assume that is his grave. I'm not sure but I was just as surprised as you were. Thank you for watching Chris!

[@elderlypoodle9181]

Thank you. So interesting !!!! This is great. 🤠

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you poodle! I appreciate you watching!

[@hoosierladyus48]

I love watching your videos. Thank you so much!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Dianna! I appreciate you watching them!

[@hoosierladyus48]

@@RhettyforHistory I'm watching the Frank James video now!!

[@hoosierladyus48]

@@RhettyforHistory The Crown Hill Cemetery here in Indianapolis has a lot of notable people buried there, but the only outlaw is John Dillinger.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Hope you enjoy it! They are an interesting set of brothers.

[@nancyparrish3297]

Great video. Thank you

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Nancy!

[@swansfan6944]

What can I say, that was unreal ! 😃 Thank you ❤️🇦🇺🐨

[@RhettyforHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate you watching!

[@cwb0051]

Very Cool and Interesting..Thank You..

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you! I appreciate you watching!

[@michaelhester3147]

I remember when they were doing that about checking out his body, there was a big deal about it on TV. When they reburied him, they used a horse drawn hearse. I have been by the house were he was killed in St. Joseph, Mo. several times. Thanks for the video!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching. That house is really interesting to visit.

[@wendyburnett4086]

Hey! My home town. You did a fantastic job!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Wendy and I appreciate you watching!

[@user-qc7hr4my7r]

Going there in June, can’t wait👍

[@jerseymike4135]

It’s amazing that that Jesse James’ casket held up as well as it did given the fact that they weren’t paced inside cement vaults in those days.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I agree! I guess everything was just right. Thank you for watching!

[@codyrussow170]

Actually the body they dug up and done a DNA test on was in a vault and that body had the left arm amputated, Jesse staged his own death and lived to be an old man

[@danielblackburn1241]

@@codyrussow170 no , he was shot dead . The rest is just stories . On the real man's remains they found a civil war bullet he received and it couldn't be removed . The man should of shot both Ford's and then maybe he might of lived a little longer

[@IncogNito-gg6uh]

Actually the original casket fell apart as it was removed from the first burial site. His mother had his remains transferred to another and the original casket was dropped back into the grave at the farm. The original burial site was rediscovered in the late 1970s and the casket was removed. It is now on display at the small museum at the James farm.

[@jerseymike4135]

@@IncogNito-gg6uh So his body is no longer at the farm, I assume.

[@camoboatcatfishing3968]

Very interesting . Enjoyed the video on Jesse .

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@leegray99]

I am suprised the original sign that Jesse was straightening and duster are there and not in the jesse James home, which now makes it even more strange how when someone stole the sign a couple of years back from the james home, they were saying its part of history as the last thing jesse touched while infact its just a replica, always love rewatching your vids

[@lindsaymacpherson8782]

Never knew any of this Thankyou for another great history lesson x

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you so much for watching Lindsay!

[@lindsaymacpherson8782]

@@RhettyforHistory Big thankyou to you for taking the time to show us Well done

[@RhettyforHistory]

I appreciate the kind words!

[@Michiganderman71]

This was amazeing friend

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thanks Rob! I appreciate you watching buddy!

[@leegray99]

Great video, I am a so envious as being in the UK I cant go around visiting these sites

[@RhettyforHistory]

You have a lot of interesting ones over there as well! Thank you for watching!

[@evilqtip7098]

WOW AWESOME !! VIDEO..

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching!

[@nkley1]

Just incredible to see the actual feather duster Jesse was using and the picture he was straightening at the moment he was killed!!!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes I thought so too. It's big time history. I really enjoyed seeing some of those artifacts.

[@wrongwaymarcum8092]

Thank you young man that was awesome.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Marcum. I appreciate you watching and commenting!

[@marycanham2675]

Interesting information

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Mary!

[@suzanneflowers2230]

Glad I discovered uou

[@suzanneflowers2230]

Your channel is super. In virus lock down, your channel is a Godsend especially for people like me who love history.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm glad you're here and I appreciate you watching!

[@laurabailey6631]

Live near here and very interesting video was made and shown at the museum with local reenactors that covers the Confederate problem after the civil war and the local newspaper publishing stories straight from Jesse. My family also owned property and a cabin post civil war where a doctor that helped Jesse near Springfield Mo. We have family photos of the cabin in the 90s. There is a tree hollowed out where they gang escaped into the ground and to local caves.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That is interesting. It really is surprising to hear how many people helped him out as well as Frank and the Youngers.

[@ericlozen9631]

Very Interesting ~ His mother lived a very long life for back in those times; died at 86. She was born only one year after Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Ode to Joy) premiered in Vienna. I follow Classical Music pretty closely. I still remember watching a Brady Bunch episode about Bobby thinking that Jesse James was a great and heroic person. Lol

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right she did live quite awhile despite all the negative things going on. I think she was probably a pretty active woman. She died on a train right outside Oklahoma City that was in route to California. I remember that Brady Bunch episode you were talking about.

[@billdougan4022]

I read about 30 years ago, that his mother and Frank witnessed his exhumation at the farm, the bottom of the casket was rotten and broke, while lifting it out. Jessie fell out of his casket back into the grave. They put him in a new casket and reburied him in town. That's why years later, when they dug up the farm grave, they found his jawbone. Good video.

[@russbear31]

You're partially correct. (I live in Clay County, Missouri, and have been to the farm and museum dozens of times.) The wooden coffin had rotted away but Jesse did not fall out. They have a modern Jesse James museum on the grounds of the farmstead. They have bits and pieces of the original wooden coffin on display along with the brass handles and the coffin nails.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Well he he was exhumed from the farm before his mother died and moved to the city cemetery. He was exhumed from that city cemetery in order for a DNA test to be done.

[@Moon3Goddess3]

@@RhettyforHistory i was there in the 90s when he was exhumed again, all that remained was a bit of hair and bone very little. DNA test confirmed mitochondrial DNA so it has to be either frank or Jessie.

[@BillyLapTop]

Jesse James has become a marketing machine that is now in its second century. Amazing. Back in the 1960's when I would visit St. Joe, Missouri, I would stay at the Jesse James Motel on the Belt Highway, which is long gone now. On the premises was the house that Jesse was shot in. I remember the billboard touting "See the bullet hole" for a small fee. Despite the many times I stayed there I had no desire to check the little house out. Years later it was moved to a more historic part of town and as far as I know, is still there. The house had been moved many times as far as I know, being at the motel site was just one of many locations. I'm curious to know if Ma James was compensated for losing her arm and child from the explosion/fire? It certainly seems to had been an outrageous experiment on the Pinkerton guards behalf to put at jeopardy innocent parties, trying to apprehend Jesse. I agree those sticker bushes probably, were defensive countermeasures. As always, you have come up with another gem Rhetty. Thank you for my flashback to earlier times.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I haven't been to the home where Jesse was shot but I will probably knock that out later this year. People had a natural curiosity on Jesse. His mother and brother Frank just capitalized on it. It is one of the reasons why Frank was cremated and never placed in the ground until his wife passed. I would bet that Zerelda was never compensated for her loss of her arm and child. That's one of the many shady things that private security companies did. Law enforcement was basically non existent so many people hired these companies like the Pinkertons. They really had no laws governing them and and they really sort of did what they wanted. Often times they were loyal to whichever side was willing to pay them more. I will say that a lot of things that the Pinkertons and other private investigators did sort of paved the way for modern law enforcement and some methods are still used. It's where our term Private Eye came from. Thanks for watching and commenting Billy!

[@suzyqualcast6269]

The thought has just struck me, as you say that the house has visited a few locations in its later period of being as such - whether the original site may still retain original specials for our met detest brothers?

[@BillyLapTop]

My guess is the original site was probably sifted for relics because of the importance of the history.

[@sallykohorst8803]

Wonderful.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching!

[@Gramma-Bambi-Lynn]

Good stuff! Interesting that law enforcement authorities provided the original casket for Jesse...seems odd.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I loved that they had it there in display. Thanks for watching Bambi!

[@annacarter4879]

love this

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Anna!

[@jimclarke1108]

Very interesting

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching!

[@billyself2743]

Oooo yes I use too go to the James family reunion’s in eastern Oklahoma but I’m getting to old to go anymore we use to have a trunk that had Jesse’s spurs in it and letters and belt buckle and a lot of other things in it but someone stole it years ago and my great aunt that lived in California had a photo of Jesse on tin my dad and little brother saw it one time when they were at her house

[@glennkometscher7928]

🤗😀😍 great videos😍😀🤗 🏁🏁🏁

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Glenn, I appreciate you watching!

[@wagnerbarbosa8351]

R.I.P jasse James 😎👉👉🇧🇷 tô ligadinho aqui do Brasil.

[@annharris6602]

Hey Jesse James ✨

[@dustysadventures]

Very cool video.

[@RhettyforHistory]

So the big question......is there a cache there?

[@dustysadventures]

@@RhettyforHistory there's a virtual cache at the house, but surprisingly not in the cemetery!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Interesting. So virtual means you just find the house and that is it?

[@dustysadventures]

RhettyforFun a virtual is a cache that doesn’t have a container. Usually you take a picture with something or send an answer to a question to the person that “hid” the cache. That one I think you had to tell what kind of tree was near the grave, or something like that.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Interesting. I sure would like to know what kind of trees those are that have those thorns. They were all around that property. Especially coming from the woods and creek area.

[@CaptainSkeleton2004]

You know what I’ve been wondering, how some outlaws managed to get married and have children, usually people are fearful of notorious criminals and want to avoid ‘em as possible.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about that. There were many people in Missouri that loved the James boys as well as the Younger boys. Often times many would help them out. What I think is amazing though is how there are certain women that are attracted to criminals. I've seen shows on women who actively write and seek them out today. I'm not sure if it's the challenge they like or they want to be the reason why they change. Very strange indeed.

[@littleweasel4728]

I am related to Jesse and frank, but not directly. My grandmother was a James. My line comes in from Thomas Jefferson James.

[@RhettyforHistory]

If you ever go to the homestead they have the complete family tree on the wall. Your family should be listed on there. It was a high one when I saw it. Thank you for watching!

[@littleweasel4728]

I actually have a copy of it at home. They don’t have all the family on there, since the James family is so big. But I do have it in black and white myself, showing everything.

[@knewkirk8855]

I love the name Jessie

[@bjlittleton8074]

They should been strung up for her loseing her arm and the kid was killed should strung the no good men up

[@georgeearls3338]

The thorns look to me like a locust tree, if it is, it grows naturally, but I suppose it could also be set out, and is a very useful tree.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thanks George. I had no idea what kind it was. They were huge thorns. I could certainly see why someone would plant them if that's what they did.

[@georgeearls3338]

@@RhettyforHistory locust is a very useful tree. Tool handles, would be one of the many uses for the wood. I have even heard of using the thorns as fish hooks. I have never seen it though. They also spring up by themselves, I imagine using them as a defense could have very well happen. I would hate to go through a patch of them.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I would too! Must be a pretty good wood with all those uses. It's not something I have seen before that visit.

[@mariawilcox3237]

My son, from his father's side, is a descent of Jesse James 😀

[@lorieawaitley7662]

FYI : Jesse James Son Died in 1952 . LW 22564 - hopefully you will film more of famous outlaws !!! 😍 sat 06/01 11:15 am

[@RhettyforHistory]

There will definitely be more coming!

[@naturelvr123]

Jesse's mother surely didn't lie awake all night to guard that grave. Maybe (at least I would) she used "guard dogs" chained to the grave marker or a tree? That's what I would have done. Good presentation here. Like your stories.

[@christinem6289]

My family is somehow related to him and his brother my mom told me.

[@dnstone1127]

Looks similar to the James home used in the 1939 Jesse James movie.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I haven't seen that movie.

[@tyrssen1]

Jesse's mum also reportedly sold lots of revolvers that he supposedly owned.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes she did and I have also heard about rifles. I don't think we can ever trust and pistol we see claiming to be the real one.

[@danielblackburn1241]

@@RhettyforHistory yes , you are correct in saying that

[@nancywood9027]

My goodness! How many people are named Zerelda?

[@midmonobody411]

His tree went round 😂

[@gatoTito_]

Hero!

[@naturelvr123]

Another thought, those "chips & pieces" taken from the grave stones are probably tossed out into someone's yard & forgotten about by now. Oh well.......

[@chickenwitrice761]

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[@cortezcortez9607]

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[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching!

[@TheRetirednavy92]

After what the North did to his family, I see him and Frank as heros.

[@nastybigJim]

Damn Pinkertons!

[@olddogcitypound5859]

Been there done that 👍👍

[@RhettyforHistory]

It's an interesting place to visit.

[@zacharyclark5617]

138 years ago today.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes it was. Thank you for watching!

[@chrisedy9116]

Sesse is the one that robbed my Great Grandfathers train Iron MOUNTAIN Railroad

[@RhettyforHistory]

Wow! That's quite a story!

[@josephbragg5020]

Just bought two tin types of Jesse James..

[@vickierichards3683]

why does the mothers headstone say jan she was born and the other saids July??

[@vickierichards3683]

never mind i got it ty

[@RhettyforHistory]

I think you may be confused on the headstones. The Zerelda that is on the same stone as Jesse is his wife. The headstone that is Zerelda Samuels and is by herself is Jesse's mother. All of the dates are different between the two.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Whoops, sorry I answered before you posted the second one.

[@robertmcgee141]

I wonder if back in 1870S, James mother was able to sue the Pinkertons for killing her young son and loosing her arm? Sounds like they were negligent to me.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I don't think that ever happened. The Pinkertons were ones that pushed the boundaries to get things done. They were private investigators who developed different types of law enforcement because there really wasn't much of any. Their ensemble was an eye which is where private eye comes from.

[@mitchellbrown1202]

I have found evidence supporting that Zerelda was actually his aunt? If that is true that would make her his 1st cousin.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Jesse James' mother was named Zerelda. His father had a sister named Mary. She had a daughter named after Zerelda. Jesse married her and she went by Z to avoid the confusion.

[@lougrothmann126]

Great video. But we can hear you chewing your gum.

[@Eric31297]

Jesse James is a blood Cousin of mine

[@RhettyforHistory]

Your name is probably up on the wall of the museum. They supposedly have every relative by blood listed there.

[@Splitshot1]

How the f**k can people rest in peace if they keep gettin dug up and moved around?.

[@RhettyforHistory]

In his case it is all part of who he was and what his mother did as to this happening.

[@cassieennis2302]

did they get his DNA when he was assassinated or something...what did they compare the DNA too when they dug him up and tested it

[@RhettyforHistory]

DNA was tested against Family members which there are a lot of them.

[@jerrywilson7841]

IS THAT THE REAL GRAVE OF JESSE JAMES. I HARD A LOT OF PLACES.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I have a video that is discussing that in more detail.

[@gohogs3602]

Was Jesse’s wife’s maiden name James?

[@RhettyforHistory]

No it was Mimms.

[@bikerguy5829]

The picture Jesse was straightening is fake. The real one is in his house he was killed in, and it said Bless this house

[@RhettyforHistory]

I have a video of that house and the picture that is in it.

[@BrittneyNicoleCaswell]

People are so greedy

[@johnlove5724]

Jesse James is my cousin, i went to haunted and historical sites in twenties on vacation

[@michaelthomas7178]

Jesses James buried in Granbury Texas as J Frank Dalton.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That's the one who claimed he was anyways.

[@michaelthomas7178]

@@RhettyforHistory Franks niece who had interest in the bank of Cyril near where Frank had lived, confirmed that J Frank Dalton was indeed Jesse James. She also live in Granbury. Frank had bought a peach orchard farm near Cyril going towards Apache. He had recovered a lot of buried loot, a made many deposits in Cyril bank in his nieces name. My Grandfather said he seen Frank and Jesse in Cement Okla around 1910.

[@michaelthomas7178]

@@RhettyforHistory Bud Hardcastel from Purcell has proof of James and Dalton being same person. Please contact Bud in Purcell for interveiw. Bud is probaly foremost liveing James Historian, he maintains contacts with James family.

[@RhettyforHistory]

A good portion of my family lived in Grandbury so I'm familiar with this but many people considered it a scam and that was before the exhumation of Jesse in Missouri. Frank lived just a little north of Fletcher, OK which isn't too far from Cement. His house is still around but is located on an old amusement park in Cache, OK. Frank then moved to the homestead to start tours after his mother died just outside of Oklahoma City in 1911.

[@michaelthomas7178]

@@RhettyforHistory i sure would like to visit with you. I really enjoy your you tube presentations. I love Oklahoma history. I could tell you some things that should not go on you tube, but is history all the same. Franks house was move to eagle park at cach also there is the star house Qanah Parker last Comanche war cheif. I have been to Franks old house site many times and dug a lot of ground around Apache and Cyril looking for 20 jack loads of gold. How can i get in touch with you?

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Yee, ain't nuttin' like a converted to home pride use banger made BIG bomb 💣, Haa !!

[@catherinelance5726]

Just 2 little thing.... I don't like the "r" word since bith my boys are on the Autism spectrum and my niece jas Downes syndrome.

[@catherinelance5726]

That's supposed to be 1 little thing. Love yoir history lessons.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Sorry about that. It's sort of hard to describe or translate it when it's how they had him listed. I will try to use some more culturally sensitive terms. Any recommendations on what I should have used?

[@catherinelance5726]

It's all good. Actually less offended when you said it because you didn't mean it like most. Your correction of "mentally challenged" is awesome.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thanks Catherine. I appreciate the feedback. I'll try to make sure I use that in the future.

[@catherinelance5726]

@@RhettyforHistory i feel you can helo spread the word. There Is a difference.

[@adalbertogonzalez3934]

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