This Month in History (Sep 2023)
September 1, 2023
![Jesse James black and white oval portrait](/sites/default/files/images/2023-09/jesse-james-233x320.jpg)
Wild West legend Jesse James was born in Centerville, Missouri on September 5, 1847. Following the Civil War, Jesse and his brother Frank formed a group of outlaws who robbed banks, stores, trains, stagecoaches. In 1882, after the governor of Missouri offered a $10,000 reward for his capture, dead or alive, a member of the gang shot 34-year-old Jesse James and claimed the reward.
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