Otoe County also is the supposed setting for a popular tale about the James Gang. Head, used to ride boldly down Central Avenue in Nebraska City.” One of the best photographs of Jesse was made in A resident recalled that Jesse, “with a price on his Jesse James frequently visited a friend in Nebraska City. The boy, Joe Jesse Chase, long maintained he was Jesse’s son. Some people believe that Jesse fathered a son while hiding out in the Devil's Nest area after robbing a bank
Jesse and Frank reportedlyįrank James was reported to have married in Omaha in 1874. In 1873 the gang staged the first train robbery in the west - near Adair, Iowa. In 1871, the James gang rode into Corydon, Iowa, and robbed the bank while townspeople were in the MethodistĬhurch to hear about the railroad coming to town. Railroads - institutions hated by many people in the 1800s - and reportedly gave some of the loot to the poor. Plattsmouth, Nebraska researcher Emmett Hoctor said the James Gang visited Nebraska at least 20 times.įolklorist Roger Welsch said Jesse James "is perhaps the most beloved of American outlaws.” He robbed banks and Iowa stories mention Adair, Corydon, Council Bluffs, Hamburg and Bartlett. Reported Nebraska locales include Omaha, Rulo, Nebraska City, The Devil’s Nest area near Niobrara, Obert, Sumner, The Franklin land is one of many connections Jesse James and his brother Frank had with Nebraska and Iowa. The legendary outlaw talked of buying 160 acres in Franklin as a home for his family after robbing just one more bank.īut he was slain - shot in the back of the head in his home at St. By Fred Thomas, World-Herald CorrespondentĪt the south edge of Franklin, Nebraska, between the railroad tracks and the Republican River is a piece of farmland
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