Tuesday, June 1, 2010

More on the James Farm

I got to place my Pin





Horseshoe believed to have been placed by Frank James from his Favorite Horse "Dan" but also believed it could have been from a Mule.... No one knows for sure.
There I am Standing on the porch of the James Farm.  It was a cool feeling, one because I have waited a long time to get up to St. Joseph to see it, and 2nd, because you know the James Boys stood there and looked across the land, just as i was.

I believe her name was Liz, the most awesome Historian ever.  She took her time and answered all my questions and filled me with interesting facts, and some handed down family stories that may or may not be true, and she let that be known, just saying what the family stories were.  For example, she pointed out the farm next door, and said it was widely known that a Pinkerton was staying over there spying on the James Farm.  When the Pinkertons Threw the bomb into the James Farm house, which left mother James, Zerelda with a stub for an arm, and 8 year old son dead.  The James Boys went over to see the other farm owner who had several daughters.  The story went, The farmer tried to get the James boys into the house, thinking they wouldn't shoot him in front of the women,  before they got to the house, I believe she said, according to family stories, Frank shot the farmer 3 times in the head. 
Good shot of the old part of the house, on the left,  the newer part is on the right, after Jesse's Time.  They left a portion of the back of the house un-finished so you could imagine what it looked like way back when.

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