Was JESSE JAMES Radicalized At This Place??? | History Traveler Episode 212

[@dimwitt461]

I guess as a native Missourian with a love of history, the story of the James brothers is kinda old hat. While I really liked your video the thing that stands out most to me are the comments of people that didn’t grow up hearing this story over and over again. The fact you didn’t take a pro or con side towards the James’ just goes to show your professionalism as an educator. It also helps demonstrate that we can remember, show, and discuss our history without taking sides and getting upset with those whose opinions differ from ours. Another excellent video JD.

[@marlenesheesley1092]

I think that JD needs to hop up here to St. Joe.

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

My people didn't get to America until 1912 & 24. Lived in both the upper north and deep south & we have been able to look objectively at "both sides of the coin". One little bit of trivia that most people don't know is that the "hero" of the Italian war for unification (Risorgimento) 1860/61, Giuseppe Garibaldi was offered the position of second in command of the Union Army by President Lincoln. He (Garibaldi) was an blood thirsty & arrogant "cazzo" and demanded the #1 position. He didn't end up with either... and that was for the better of both sides !

[@rt3box6tx74]

@@baronedipiemonte3990 This Garibaldi info is an interesting tidbit. Now I'm curious if Lincoln (who is my primary interest) made other such contracts?

[@jhandle4196]

@@marlenesheesley1092 . . . or Baldwin City, Ks. Near there along a main branch of the Santa Fe trail is Black Jack Battlefield; reputedly where the first official engagement between organized forces over slavery occurred in 1856, 5 years before the attack on Fort Sumter.

[@jhandle4196]

@Moderator Hater Radicalized is when one believes it's okay to commit homicide on anyone who has beliefs contrary to theirs.

[@jackiek12]

I grew up in Kearney, MO and still live in the area. I have been to his home several times. You can feel the past when you're on the grounds and in the area. Jesse James Day's is still celebrated every year in the fall. This is a great video.. thanks for sharing!

[@lennarthagen3638]

How about Bob Ford day?

[@chrislarsen2684]

Fun Fact - In Mosby, Missouri there used to be a thoroughbred horse farm owned by the Mosby's, that the James Gang would take their thoroughbred horses and commit holdups, bank robberies, etc - knowing their own horses would be fed and watered until they came back, dropped off the thoroughbreds and leave again on their own horses.

[@imajokerimasmokerimamidnig7442]

I luv it ..😁

[@jeffthoele3539]

As a James enthusiast, I enjoyed this very much. Nearly all the content was accurate. I read that during the Federals came looking for Frank James at the farm, that after the "hanging" of Rueben Samuel he did divulge information about Frank's location. Also in that same incident while Jesse was out in the field plowing, he was whipped by the federals. His mother, Zerelda, while pregnant was roughed up and pushed down by the same soldiers.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@ChrisH930S]

I remember my Dad taking me to the James house, at the time a distant relative was still giving personal tours. I remember buying pebbles from Jesse’s grave. I always was taught that Jesse was a hero and helped liberate Missouri from the Yankee scourge. In fact 11/21 used to be Jesse James day in Missouri.

[@mzspargo]

Hero? 😂

[@suegoodwin8526]

This was so great to see. My family is from Southwest Missouri dating back to the 1840's. My Great Great Grandmother's three brothers lived lives of crime starting in their mid to late teens. They were born in 1852, 62, and 66. The two younger ones made it into newspapers from San Francisco to New York with their exploits. Their Father served during the Civil War (Union) and their oldest brother was killed during a skirmish in Northern Polk County, where they lived. I have often wondered what motivated them to do what they did. It's way too long of a story to tell here, but it was incredible, and I plan on writing about it. Keep up the great work. My husband and I love your channel!

[@sandramosley2801]

Those artifacts! I’m amazed. And to be able to see the actual humble setting of those legendary events! Which in its way is more frightening than the dramatized versions in film and even documentaries. What an era! Catastrophic events for everybody. How could you live through this with your mental health intact?

[@reggievangleason9511]

Interesting video. Thank you. . . Until their retirement, my parents lived several years at Kearney, Missouri. Although many think Jesse was a “western” character, Kearney feels like any other midwest small town. No tumbleweeds, no mountains, . . . just green fields, trees, and streams.

[@pamelaoliver8442]

Absolutely amazing to see his home. Had no idea he witnessed his step father's torture.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Pretty rough.

[@Galaxy2517]

Just put yourself in those shoes if only for a moment.

[@1psychofan]

Well done JD! I’m glad you shared the story about how the men in Union uniform tortured his step dad…many dishonorable things were done by both sides, yet few acknowledge that. Well done!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks 🙏🏼

[@alanrichard3931]

I passed by this video installment several times because the James brother’s story is well known. Boy, was I surprised when I finally watched it. Thank you for teaching me/us some things that aren’t we’ll publicized! Great stuff and keep up the great work!

[@Castlebank_Sidings]

I love the enthusiasm you show for your country's history and the people involved. I so wish we had people who could tell our history here in the UK with such passion and make history so fascinating and interesting (ours generally sound like they're constipated and fed up). Apart from holidays I've never visited the US but have always had an interest in your history. Keep up the amazing work.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Doesn’t take much to get me hyped up when it comes to history 🙂

[@Rebel-Rouser]

I highly recommend the movie " The Long Riders", about the James Younger gang

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

I’ll have to check that out. Thanks.

[@Rebel-Rouser]

@@TheHistoryUnderground it's outstanding. Covers from end of war to his death.. star studded cast. Stacy and James Keach play the James brothers. The Carradine play the youngers.

[@manuelkong10]

@@TheHistoryUnderground I double down on Rebel Rouser's reccomendation....The Long Riders has been a life long favorite. ALSO----another must check out is Ride with the Devil it's ALL Bushwacker/Border Ruffian stuff

[@jaime4890]

Amazing video! I love how this family stuck together through everything, and that inscription on the tombstone wow. Awesome history!

[@Galaxy2517]

I thought the same thing...That stone is not that old yet there is still contempt.

[@sherrilee230]

You know a person can only take so much when it comes to war. When they go and harm family members to get what they want instead of doing their homework then pay the price. Jesse and Frank were only watching over their family. I know I've stirred up a hornets nest. But there was good and bad on both army's thank you for sharing. Are you going to ever do a video on Gen. Grant, or Gen Hallock in the Califorina battle against Mexico. Love your videos.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks. And yes, the guys who tortured Rueben Samuel went too far.

[@bradmiller3367]

My Dad has always been interested in early American history, especially the eastern part, Wild West and frontiersman. The James Gang was one of those, of course. Always quite fascinating. If you are unaware of it, you must find and watch the movie “The Long Riders”. The James, Youngers and Millers are all portrayed by actual brothers, and it is pretty dang close to actual historical events as we knew them in the 80s.

[@kathyburt9285]

Thank you.

[@mikebruns9750]

I have that movie, I think it gives a very good depiction of the times.

[@daviderwin9178]

My old man loved the James,Younger,Quantril etc. Was happy to take my dad to Kearney mo before he died

[@TaliaHoward4EVER]

In our line on Dad’s side .. When Jesse James’s mother married Mr.Howard and Jesse and Frank both occasionally used Howard more Frank than Jesse. Anyway my Dad .. Jody Howard looked almost identical to Jesse James in different stages of his life. I remember Mom and Dad ordered some Wild West book when I was a kid and I came across a picture that Looked just like dad at the time and I ran up Asking my Dad why didn’t he tell me he was Jesse James and he looked at me saying because I’m not. I handed him that book and pointed at the picture .. Dad’s mouth dropped and he started researching our ancestry. They were both in our line Frank directly. I hate the picture they took Of Jesse after he was shot from behind because it’s like looking at my dad laying there dead.

[@rickyhenry4958]

Great video! I was lucky enough to meet an old woman years ago that lived in a house that Jesse James had lived in for a little while. It has a space between the walls where you could hide and go under the floor.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Oh wow!

[@zereldacole]

Of course, you came for a tour on a day I was not working! Linda is one of our best, and I hope you enjoyed her stories. We love your channel!

[@BryonLetterman]

Bleeding Kansas, the fighting between Missouri and Kansas was something on its own level. Kansas being a free state was raided by slavers from Missouri, and raiders from Kansas would do the same in Missouri. Some serious shit went down here in the KC area

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Yeah, it got nasty out there.

[@sebastiandc1392]

Huh?"slavers" Majority were not even "slavers". You must be one of those with the hollywood-college educated people thinking the invasion war, was about slavery. Would have been so easy for the south as Lincoln the tyrant himself said: "If the whole thing is about the slaves, i would let them have them as long as they did not secede".

[@philmccracken7520]

wait what really mean to say it was fight for kansas ! wasnt a free state until northern settlers drove southerns out and Kansas red legs raided missouri sorry wasnt just one sided

[@williamkunkel8293]

Betty here.... as a resident of Clay County, Missouri and a Civil War reenactor/living historian I was very happy to see this video about Jesse Woodson James. Jesse is a most controversial historical figure and the decisions he made during his lifetime reflect the troubled times on the Missouri frontier. While I don't condone his actions I do understand, from the history of my own family, just how turbulent life was for citizens of the border state of Missouri and why Jesse James became the man we still study today. Kudos for your informative video showcasing the James Farm. The years before, during, and after the War Between the States is a vital part of America's story and I thank you for keeping that history alive. Sincerely, Betty Kunkel

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Love that area. Thanks!

[@pjhunton]

Fascinating as always, your camera work and production is better than many TV shows and the personal touch makes it far more interesting! Looking forward to more history!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Got a few more Jesse James episodes on the horizon.

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

This was an unexpected surprise. Most people don't think of Kansas and Missouri as part of the Civil War. One could say that the radical elements of both sides clashed here. John Brown did a lot of his work from here (Santa Fe trail) before heading east to his ultimate demise. Allen Pinkerton, a Scottish immigrant (founder of the Pinkerton Detective Agency) was one of President Lincoln's first bodyguards, and was the primary intelligence operative for the Union during the Civil War.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Figured this would be a little different from the normal content 🙂

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

@@TheHistoryUnderground it's still part of the topic ! 👍

[@jamescook6564]

Missouri was part of the Missouri compromise so they are part of the south in the Civil War.

[@Price1861]

Check out Bloody Bill’s grave in Richmond, mo. Not far from Kearney, Mo.

[@CrossTrain]

ANOTHER amazing video JD! I am so blessed to have stumbled upon your channel a number of months ago. This IS my favorite YT channel. Thanks for what you do!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Appreciate that more than you know.

[@terryl7874]

I would have said infamous not famous to describe this individual. Always enjoy your videos.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@marlenesheesley1092]

Nice video on the home site at Kearney. I'm ashamed to say that I haven't been there. He's a huge part of my growing up in St. Joe. You need to hit the Pony Express museum the next time you're up this way. True West magazine even puts it on their must see list. They've worked hard to make this a rich heritage site.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

You might enjoy one of the episodes running next week :)

[@jhandle4196]

And then there's the other ending to this story,; that Robert Ford, a cousin by marriage to the James family, was an accomplice to a plot for Jesse to start a new life in Texas. Perhaps that's why Jesse's mother was so protective of his burial plot; so no one could dig it up and see that the body there wasn't Jesse. An interesting, and plausible hypothesis. Look into it.

[@tc3og78]

Well they exhumed his corpse and confirmed thru DNA that the real Jesse James was buried in Missouri

[@Thomas-uv3tk]

J Frank Dalton was Jesse James.

[@stephenrrose]

Great video! Love the back story of what drove Jesse James to be Jesse James! Looking forward to more of this History!

[@BigLisaFan]

Always a thrill to walk in the footsteps of someone from the past, like a time machine without actually being in the exact time.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Exactly.

[@robertreese2600]

The whole western boarder of Missouri from Independance south is just loaded with civil war history. Most are not aware of the rich history Missouri has. "Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Missouri" is a good resource book.

[@roadlizardcu8664]

Jesse James is an interesting study from the past, many theories and conspiracies. Very well put together. Thank you. Look forward to the next video of this series.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Got a few more coming after this one.

[@terrancehanley2970]

@@TheHistoryUnderground What made him so famous? And when, right after? I'm sure you'll tell me in the video as soon as I post this lol

[@robertsettle2590]

@@terrancehanley2970 your kidding right?!

[@tbolt2948]

James hid out locally at what is now a famous place, Mark Twain Cave here in Hannibal, Missouri. That's in North East Missouri. They were spelunking in the Cave awhile back and found where he signed the Cave wall.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Interesting.

[@DonnyHooterHoot]

Read about and visit Meramec caverns where Quantrill's raiders hung out. Great video!

[@oregonoutback7779]

Another excellent video, JD. Growing up in Southwest Missouri, almost everyone had a Jessy & Frank James story. The people living across the street from my grandparents in Springfield, claimed Frank & Jessy hid in the crawl space under their house once upon a time. They let me and a sibling look under there once. It was such close quarters (even for us kids) and full of spiders, we scoffed and never believed any story the told, after that. Hahaha. My favorite Jessy James story comes from Beaver, Arkansas. As a young adult, I lived in western Carroll County, Ark. close to the Missouri line. I was doing some work for a family with very deep roots in the Beaver area. They told of a relative that rode with Frank & Jessy. After Jessy was killed, he came back home to Beaver to hide out. There was a $5000 reward for him, but no one in that area ever turned him in. After his death from old age, a reporter was interviewing the family. He asked why? They told him no one had ever seen or heard of that much money actually existing and believed the government was totally lying. Who knows if any of that was true, but sure was a great story :)

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Interesting!

[@tonylittle8634]

You’re the first person to have pointed out the obvious. That being the level of pre civil war violence that took place between Kansas and Missouri. Thank you for sharing this.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

It certainly got nasty out there.

[@edwardclement102]

The Battle of Wilson"s Creek was fought out that way. It sounds like some of those Radical Union men were like Hitler's and Saddam's bad men. Jesse James after getting hit by those men went to war for CSA.

[@timshull59]

Really enjoy your videos, you have a easy going manner that is enjoyable to watch.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

I appreciate that!

[@merryannebrown]

Don't know if it's true or not, reading the comments makes ya wonder, family stories and very much believed from my ancestors, were that the James boys hid out on the family farms in a few places in Missouri. Was told that the boys were believed to be heroes and families were proud to hide them. :)

[@keoliver82]

And don't forget the caves!

[@glendapeterson1180]

I did a Master's thesis on Jesse and what you were told lines up with the facts. If the locals hadn't approved of them, the James boys would have been killed. Instead they were hidden, fed, assisted, etc. People don't volunteer to do that for folks they don't like.

[@Galaxy2517]

History as it should be told and remembered. You can try to erase it or tear it down, but you can never successfully run from it.Good or bad it MUST be remembered.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Agreed.

[@konaboss83]

If a round metal spherical object came flying through my window my first instinct wouldn’t be to chuck it into the fireplace

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Ha! I hear you.

[@dawndickson2156]

Those artifacts ! Always grateful to those who share and preserve. Thank you for your look at all aspects of the situation way of presenting and teaching!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@marshaclements1193]

Just wanted to say a big thank you for the Jesse James video. I found out a few years back that I'm a distant relative of his. Would love to go see his homes and where he's buried now. Looking forward to more Jesse James videos! Also - I would like to tell you about Ray House in Rushville, IL. Lincoln spent the night there and now they are remodeling it to restore it. It's on the historical registry. I didn't know if that was something you'd be interested in seeing - maybe do a small town series? We also have a museum and a semi-famous doctor lived here. Thanks again!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Got a few more Jesse James videos after this one.

[@1psychofan]

On my goodness I love that you showed admission prices, helps me know how much to bring when I go

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

🙂

[@michaelchism6637]

Awesome video J.D. Great artifacts. I always learn something new from your videos. Keep up the great work

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks 🙏🏼

[@lynnmorgan6144]

Great video. My husband and I were just up there at the James farm a few weeks ago. Fascinating place. I suspect you've probably already been there and might even have a video forthcoming (?), but in case you haven't, you really need to head to St. Joseph to the Jesse James home (the house where he was killed by Bob Ford). Interestingly (amusingly?), they also have "the" tapestry on the wall that Jesse was straightening when he was shot. And the museum right next door (Patee House Museum) is also a great stop...lots of fascinating artifacts in there. Love your work, and try to never miss a new video!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

I think that you’ll enjoy a video that might be up next Sunday. 🙂

[@lynnmorgan6144]

@@TheHistoryUnderground I had a feeling....

[@robertmoyer175]

Thanks again for visiting a museum and explaining in detail what is there.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jerrydonquixote5927]

My grandfather Jesse Jocoy was named after after Jesse James also born in Missouri. My grandfather was a well-respected toolpusher that retired in the West Texas oilfields. I loved this history before I even knew that about my own grandfather!

[@erickstiner1668]

great episode. I will be researching JJ and learning some new (old) history.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@NancyBiker]

I always learn so much from your videos.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@kelsocox2067]

You're in my neck of the woods! My great uncle was a stone mason that rebuilt one of them fireplaces with local rock from the farm. We are related to the James family through marriage. My grandmother was always in talks with his great, great niece, I believe.

[@brentrichardson7917]

Very cool!! I live about 2 miles from the James Farm and have never been! Thanks for showing me what's literally in my backyard!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Wow! You should go check it out. The place is cool as heck.

[@southc4463]

Yes! as a kcmo resident I was hoping you went here when you stopped by the Truman library

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

🙂

[@carollkeen5978]

For what the Federal Yankee Government did to his Family, he had every right to become what he was. I don't care what anyone else thinks.

[@jefferyfowler7860]

Very interesting video. I never knew they had so many historical items. Great video JD.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

I was impressed.

[@QueenCityHistory]

I live in SW Missouri and about 5 miles from the Battle of Wilson's Creek. People will argue up and down that Missouri was a border state...in a sense it was..but Missouri very much identifies as a southern state or part of the confederacy. In fact the Missouri legislature was days away from voting on seceding from the union. It's a confusing state in history because it has so many identities depending on where in the state you are.

[@ann1260]

I’m in NW Missouri (Kansas City) - and I totally agree with your post. My moms family came from Tennessee via South Carolina, and some were East coast to Indiana (to final destination in Ray County), they weren’t wealthy, but they were hard workers, they also had no slaves ... they removed and settled in Ray County, Missouri.

[@ann1260]

This is an alternate (Missouri) narrative that is always cast aside in favor of the Kansas view. It’s worth reading, it’s history as I’ve heard, not taught in school (most likely, if you’ve heard anything, it was pro-Kansas). www.canteymyerscollection.com/download/redleg.pdf

[@disoriented1]

I agree; I was raised in Clay County, and one's views can definitely depends upon from which part of the state you hail. I am from a long line of Unionists, but know that many atrocities were committed by Unionists as well as secessionists. I have to admit, growing up, I never had a particularly favorable view of Jesse. Even if one can somewhat understand his acts during the war, I don't see how people can overlook his behavior in the period after the war.

[@thewacokid6459]

Awesome video definitely one of my favorites!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@dabugman6415]

Well done JD. 19 minutes went by and I wanted more.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Got a few more on Jesse James coming after this one.

[@skimmer8774]

I'm still reading about Amon Goeth and Plaszow . It's not easy to keep up with you. But thank you for the continued education.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

🙂👍🏻

[@GhostofSicklesleg]

Great video and subject matter! As always JD , I am not disappointed in fact I am impressed as usual.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Much appreciated!

[@guzziman011]

Love your videos. I too love history and always look to learn something new about history almost every day. I am from the city where Quantrill was born. At an early age my father told me about Quantrill and that in the early 50's he had helped an uncle move Quantrill's boy hood home from it's original spot to a new location where it still stands to this day. Quantrill had a niece who was a school teacher here in Dover, my father had her as one of his teacher's in grade school. Hearing stories about Quantrill and the men who rode with him during the civil war is what got me hooked on history in my early years. Just think for a minute that Quantrill is buried in three different states ! I have always wanted to take a trip and visit the places where Quantrill and the James where during the civil war. Look forward to seeing more of your videos.

[@davemartin4183]

very interesting episode JD, learned a lot about Jesse and his early days

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Good deal!

[@lukebertrichardson7799]

The museum was moderately sized, impeccably staffed, and one of the most unassuming best stops off the beaten track of the 6-8 lane roads ever.

[@bethromanetto6279]

Please check out Lexington Mo!! There is Civil War and Jesse James history there!! There's a cannonball still lodged in a column of the courthouse from 1861, Battle of the Hemp Bales, the first woman sheriff in the US, a self-guided walking tour of the battlegound with the graves of fallen soldiers, the Anderson house which was used as a hospital and many other sights. many other sigts

[@JasonStutz]

Thanks for keeping history alive

[@cyndiebill6631]

Hope that everyone now understands that the North had just as many evil people and think because they “won” doesn’t make it ok. Thank you JD for another amazing video. 👍

[@pamelaoliver8442]

Nobody thinks the North was all innocence. Let's not compare though. The issue of owning other human beings trumps it all.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

The war was pretty ugly in that part of the country.

[@nathanielanderson4898]

This is one of the best videos I have seen from this awesome channel. 👌

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Wow! Thank you.

[@jeanbaptistevallee4500]

He spent some time on Crowley`s Ridge with Sam Hildebrand. Learning stuff.

[@JoshuaWaltz-fj4rg]

Just seeing this history makes me proud to be a Missourian all my life.

[@MiJacFan1]

Though not a born native Missourian, I always had a fascination with the James family. I live in SW Missouri now, and I find the Civil War history here amazing. Not to toot my own horn, but I read in a history book in our local museum, the highway that we live on currently used to be a main thorough way for trading, soldiers, and outlaws. They say it may have been a great possibility that the James Gang may have traveled right by our house! Oh, I want a metal detector BAD!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Nice!

[@tonylittle8634]

My dad is from Missouri and supposedly a descendant of the James family. You’ve done an awesome job on this issue.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Interesting. Thanks!

[@keoliver82]

My mom and I were just talking about that. Both sides of my family have been in Missouri for generations and we were always told we were descendents of the James family... but as I said to her, I think everyone born and raised in MO was told they were. Lol

[@chillis28]

👍👍 Always interesting and I learn something new every time.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@jesterofatlas5749]

You rarely hear about the western part of the civil war. I'd love to see more of this. Growing up near gettysburg and Antietam we get a small part of the story.

[@kodychoates1855]

So glad your in my state I like 10 mins from willsons creek battlefield I would love to see you do a video out there

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

On the list 🙂

[@chriscaviness5296]

Another banger of an episode J.D.! As always, thanks for the awesome content!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👊🏻

[@safety86]

Awesome video, JD. I definitely need to go check that museum out some day!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@tennesse_courier]

Fascinating video, the artifacts are amazing. Well presented really enjoyed this change of pace from history...5 out 5 🌟

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@jhsams1977]

Great video JD. History is history and needs to be told.

[@markweber1113]

I grew up less than one mile from the James Farm. Back then you could walk through the home, but that was before the museum was built. The Claybrook Home used to be across the road from the James Farm until it burned down I believe in the early 2000s. If I remember correctly Jesse's daughter lived in the Claybrook Home after she married her husband. Now the Claybrook Home is a park.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Interesting!

[@debcattell7059]

Excellent video JD, really enjoyed learning a little more about Jesse James and seeing that amazing museum and his childhood home, thank you 😊

[@jamesdavis1663]

This was a great video. I’m glad you made the stop here in Kearney. I hope your video brings more guests to this museum.

[@frankmarullo228]

JD..,, this video is AWESOME , I know he was an outlaw, But let's face it. People over the last 140 years turned him into almost a hero, between songs , movies etc..... I , someday will get to MO. To see all the things about him. Thank you Frank from montana........

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

He was a hero until it was your bank or train that he was robbing 😅

[@frankmarullo228]

@@TheHistoryUnderground yes I am in total agreement with you , but you , I hope know what I am saying. Americans tend to do things like that... Mabye more like extremely well known would be a better way to describe him. Thank you for your response, JD.

[@nathanielanderson4898]

This is a really awesome History clip. I love the sound track.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks 🙏🏼

[@steveshipkie1624]

As I remember it was some kind of agreement between Missouri and Kansas in 1858 that was the “start” of the Civil war

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was the genesis of a lot of violence out there.

[@fredlist7091]

Great video! Just as an addendum for people who want to know what the fighting was like in Missouri & Kansas during the Civil War, but don’t want or have time to read the history books… I’d recommend the incredible movie Ride with The Devil. Directed by Ang Lee and starring a young Toby McGuire it does a great job of presenting the turmoil and anger of both sides and in the process tells a story about growth of spirit, understanding and forgiveness. When done well movies can sometimes perform a time-travel of sorts. This one does that. Highly recommended.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

I’ll have to check that out.

[@marlenesheesley1092]

I remember them filming up near old Pattonsburg after the flood of '93 & they had permission to destroy what was left of the town after it was "moved".

[@derekodriscoll7178]

@@TheHistoryUnderground I second that recommendation..'Ride With The Devil' is excellent 👌

[@mattdrury10]

JD, the James Farm is immediately adjacent to our Aunt and Uncle's farm in Kearney MO. We've visited that site many times over the years. Lots of history to be had in that area. Thanks for sharing.

[@dawnberthold3894]

So fascinating, can't wait to learn more. Thank you JD. You have a great gift.

[@kueagle1]

You are in my neck of the woods. I have a lot of other things you can see. There are battle sites at Lone Jack MO, Lexington MO, Carthage MO, Republic MO (Wilson's Creek), Westport MO (Kansas City) and Mine Creek KS.

[@springfieldjohn5473]

Great information. Thanks. I love the the old west, civil war and civil rights content that you put out. It gives my wife and I ideas for road trips.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Nice! Glad to hear it.

[@cdub531]

I grew up 2 blocks from Jesse’s home as a kid in St. Joseph, MO.

[@rt3box6tx74]

What you've built with this channel amazes me. Seems like I subscribed ovr 2 yrs ago. Congrats on your success.

[@williammatzek4660]

My history books in school stated this! Frank James and Cole younger rode quantrill's raiders. Jesse James joined up with bloody Bill Anderson. Became his lieutenant. Bill Anderson often collaborated with quantrill's raiders when he wanted more men.

[@jbtread7869]

I love “Wild West” history and stuff about Jesse James, Wild Bill and Billy the Kid. I thoroughly enjoyed this video and would love to see some more Jesse James vids or a Billy the Kid or Hatfields and McCoys video. Keep up the great work. Very interesting stuff

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

I think that you'll enjoy the next few videos :)

[@jbtread7869]

@@TheHistoryUnderground honestly can’t wait. Found your channel about 48 hours ago and I’ve watched around 50% of the videos already lol. Love the work man

[@SharekGadd]

I believe spending his formative years in the troop of Bloody Bill probably laid out his path more than any other thing.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Yeah, that couldn’t have been good.

[@PryorTravis]

"Bleeding kansas" I guess that shows the winners get to write the history. They did as much or more in Missouri than was done in kansas.

[@hustonlanham3477]

Great video! The Talbott Tavern in my hometown Bardstown KY was visited by Jesse James a few times. They have a room that he is rumored to have shot holes in the wall while drunk. He was shooting the birds on the wallpaper. That room burned up in a fire so you can’t go in it anymore but it’s a good story.

[@brianbutler2531]

Love the episodes about the James Brothers! You should consider doing a documentary on Public Enemy no. 1, John Dillinger!

[@kirk189]

Really really enjoy your videos! Thank you so much for the work you put in. Beer is on me if we ever meet!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👊🏻

[@TheFunkhouser]

Awesome JD.. please do more on the 'wild west' history. SO interesting! Cheers mate 🙏💯

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Got a few more coming after this one :)