What do you think when you hear the word “Outlaw”? Cowboys? Gunfights? Bags of gold?

The American Frontier is full of interesting history. The people who came west were looking for different things. Freedom, wealth, and adventure lured men from comfort and from poverty alike. Some were running from bad circumstances or bad decisions. The Civil War tore the country apart and angry confederates brought their grudges West with them. Most of the crimes Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang committed were politically motivated against members of the Republican party.
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