Thomas Theodore Crittenden
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Thomas Theodore Crittenden was an American politician and military officer who served as the 24th governor of Missouri from 1881 to 1885. He was a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War.
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Jesse James
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Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Raised a Southern sympathizer in the "Little Dixie" area of Missouri, James and his b
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…robberies and violence committed by the James Gang. He authorized a reward of $5,000 (which was paid for by railroad corporations) for the capture of Jesse James and also for his brother Frank, which resulted in Robert Ford killing Jesse in 1882. Following Ford's conviction for the murder, Crittenden pardoned…
James c. 1875 in Nebraska City
James' farm in Kearney, Missouri, pictured in March 2010
Ambrotype of James, c. 1862
Copy of an Ambrotype, taken of Jesse James in Platte City on July 10, 1864