Newspaper Articles:
General news related to the James family and the movie
These articles have been converted to text for easy reading.
Where available, scanned images of the original clippings WILL BE included.
Articles are sorted by date of publication. Articles of unknown date can be found after.

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The James Brothers
George Shepherd says he shot and killed one of them.
He got a pistol ball in his leg in making his escape.
Joplin Daily Herald, Nov. 4, 1879

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Mrs. Samuel's Say
Joplin Daily Herald, July 22, 1880
Racy Interview Between the Mother of the James Boys and Geo. Shepherd.
(from Kansas City Times, July 21, 1880.)

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To Move Jesse James' Body
Kansas City Star, June 28, 1902

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Frank James Dead
Pineville Democrat, Feb. 26, 1915

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Mrs. Jesse James Files a Complaint
September 28, 1933
Asks Man Who Claims to Be Outlaw Be Declared Insane -- Bombarded Her With Telegrams

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Will Hold "Jesse James" Jubilee
September 22, 1938

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Home of Jesse and Frank, When Missouri Was the Western Frontier
 by Don Yoest
Rural Electric Missourian, November 1967

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Stormy Life for Outlaws Mother
K. C. Times (July 16, 1971)
The writer, a resident of Independence and a distant relative of Zerelda James, mother of Frank and Jesse James, drew from family records and letters in his research for the following article.
by Earle R. Thomason

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What Happened to Jesse James?
News Gazette,  August 11, 1971

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Ruling on Jesse James Death Upheld in Court
Sept. 30, 1971

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Legend of Frank, Jesse James Thrives Throughout Missouri
Dec. 12, 1971
By A. H. Rogers

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Best-Known American Badman... Jesse James Still Lives in Tradition and Legend
by David Dary
Joplin Globe, April 3, 1972

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James Home 'Bombing' Stirred Public
Kansas City Times  Jan. 31, 1975
By Fred L. Lee

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The James Boys
Missouri's Favorite Outlaws
Midwest Roto  August 1975
by Alice Kerr

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Who Killed Jesse?
Neosho Daily News, June 18, 1979

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Laboratory Reports Outline Information About Jesse James
The Joplin Globe, July 16, 1979
by Scott Kraft

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Says Bullet One That Wounded Outlaw
Neosho Daily News,  August 2, 1979

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Jesse's Mother 'Feisty'
The Joplin Globe, October 11, 1979

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Jesse James : A Western Legend
Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 4, 1982.
By Mark Peterson
Editor's note: Who shot Jesse James?  Bob Ford killed him, in the back, the dirty rat.  One hundred years after James' death, folk still recall the stories about the outlaw antihero.  Now there's been an organization created to promote scholarly research on his life.

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Legend Lives 100 Years After Outlaw's Death
The Joplin Globe, April 18, 1982

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James Viewed as Gallant Man
Neosho, Missouri,  June 20, 1982

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Jesse James' Tombstone Recovered
Neosho Daily News, March 27, 1988

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Granddaughter of Jesse James Donates Boots
Neosho Daily News, August 11, 1988

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Conspiracy at Jesse James Farm
Neosho Daily News,  June 30, 1991

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Jesse James Legend, Site Live On
Joplin Globe,  August 5, 1991

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Researchers Eager to Exhume James
Joplin Globe,  July 16, 1995

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Dead Outlaw Has Historians On Edge of Their Seats
Springfield NewsLeader,  July 17, 1995
By Mike O'Brien

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Body Removed From James' Grave
Neosho Daily News, July 18, 1995

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Scientists Begin Dig at James' Grave Site
Joplin Globe, July 18, 1995

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Forensic Experts Say Grave Belongs to Jesse
Northwest Arkansas Morning News,  Feb. 24, 1996
by Laura King

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Confirmed!  Unearthed Body was Jesse James
News Gazette  Feb. 28, 1996

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Articles of Unknown Date:

He Was a Great Humanitarian
Jesse James was a great humanitarian. 
So concludes Gus W. Dyer, professor of economics and sociology at Vanderbilt university.

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Gun Believed to Have Been Carried by Jesse James is Sold Here for $7

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IN DARING DAYLIGHT HOLDUP 12 OUTLAWS
ROB LIBERTY, MISSOURI, BANK OF $60,000
First Daylight Bank Robbery in U.S. History!
The Old West Cover by Time Life

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The Jesse James Legend (cont'd)

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Stories of Jesse James

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