Standing in the living room, looking at the bullet hole in the wall where Jesse James was shot, turns wild west folklore into reality. This sitting room is where Jesse was shot.
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The museum is a one-bedroom house and it has the famous bullet hole in the wall from the day Jesse James was shot in the back of the head.įrom the porch, you enter the museum through the front door of the house, where you enter a small room with Jesse James memorabilia.įrom there, you enter the living room, where a short movie plays about Jesse James. Originally located at 1318 Lafayette Street, a block north of its current location, it was moved to be included as part of the Patee House Museum complex at 12th Street and Penn Street. It is just 24 feet, 2 inches wide, and 30 feet, 4 inches deep. The house where Jesse was killed is a one-story, Greek Revival-style house, and what surprised me most, was how small it was. The James Farm and Museum in Kearney, the Jesse James Bank Museum in Liberty and The Independence Missouri Jail are some of the best museums showcasing the life of Jesse and Frank James as well as the James Gang. Joseph is just one of more than 10 places in Missouri you can visit that share the story of the outlaw Jesse James. Jesse James was one of America’s most successful bank robbers in the 1800’s and eluded authorities for nearly 15 years. Upwards of 20 people died as a result of the robberies, including seven of Jesse’s own gang. Jesse James is said to have taken part in as many as 19 robberies of banks, trains, and stagecoaches in the midwest and as far as Mississippi and West Virginia. He was born in Kearney, Missouri, and is one of the Wild West’s most famous criminals. Jesse James was a bank and train robber in the American Old West, best known as a member of the James-Younger gang of outlaws.
The Jesse James Museum includes artifacts from Jesse’s life and death, as well as items from Frank James and the Ford brothers.
The home where Jesse was killed is now a museum and located a little less than 1 hour from Kansas City, Missouri at 12th and Penn Street in Saint Joseph.
Keep reading to learn more about the last day of Jesse James’ life and the suspected killers as well his last home which is now a museum. Many say it was Robert Ford who gunned him down, but there are other suspects in the murder of Jesse James. Joseph, Missouri where the outlaw Jesse James lived and was gunned down on April 3, 1882, by a member of the James Gang for reward money. The Jesse James Home Museum is a house in St.
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