In Defense of a Birther
Singer Pat Boone’s recent birther claim has turned on him. Against all evidence, Boone has claimed he will produce proof that President Barrack Obama was born in Kenya. Boone, it appears, now is called...
View ArticleDon’t Keep Your Genes in the Closet
Living free is much better than living with secrets, or in secret. Witness the freedom celebrated and achieved by the LGBT community when those among them can come out of their closet. Every family has...
View ArticleWho Loves Ya, Jesse James?
I’ve begun to wonder. Who loves ya, Jesse James? At book signings of Jesse James Soul Liberty, more women buy my book than men. This was confirmed again last Sunday, as I signed books for the Midway...
View ArticleFraud on Find a Grave
Sue (anonymous last name) has posted a fraudulent memorial on findgrave.com. Sue will not respond to a legitimate request to remove the fraud. Her non-reaction calls into question the validity of any...
View ArticleWhich Makes a Better Genealogy Program?
What makes one TV genealogy program better than another? The top two genealogy programs are Who Do You Think You Are and Finding Your Roots. One is better than the other, because one more accurately...
View ArticleSons of Liberty Take History Channel to the Woodshed
History, the network for male entertainment formerly called the History Channel, is taking steps not be chastised again for producing bogus historical accounts. The effort appears as honest as a baby...
View ArticleDeclare Liberty for All – Boycott Indiana
Bud & Donnie Pence were members of the Jesse James gang. The Pence brothers are ancestral cousins of Gov. Mike Pence in Indiana. Today Gov. Pence signed SB101, Indiana’s “right to discriminate”...
View ArticleFrank James – Scholar with a Gun
From Phil Stewart’s Archive, first published on Stray Leaves in 1999. Frank James – Scholar with a Gun By Phil Stewart Frank James received more education as a young man than did most rural Missouri...
View ArticleThe Plot to Capture Jesse James
From Phil Stewart’s Archive, first published on Stray Leaves in 1999. The Plot to Capture Jesse James By Phil Stewart Bob Ford killed Jesse James with the full knowledge and consent of Sheriff James...
View ArticleThe Plot to Assassinate Jesse James
The Plot to Assassinate Jesse James By Phil Stewart This article first appeared on Stray Leaves in 1999 as part of Phil Stewart’s Article...
View ArticleReview – Frank and Jesse James “Friends and Family”
Book Review: Frank and Jesse James “Friends and Family” by Freda Cruse Hardison. Morris Publishing, Kearney, Nebraska, 2015. 381 pp. ISBN 978-0-9842111-2-8. $29.00. Paperback. Photos. No end notes,...
View Article35 Shades of the James Coat of Arms
Repeatedly, the mother of Frank and Jesse James seated her sons in front of the evening fire to drill them in their family heritage. With so little to tell, she only could have wished to have 35 shades...
View ArticleConfederates in Montana Territory
BOOK REVIEW: Robison, Ken, Confederates in Montana Territory: In The Shadow of Price’s Army, (South Carolina: The History Press, 2014.) 190 pp., photos, illustrations, bibliography/notes, index. ISBN...
View ArticleJesse James, Prince of Robbers!
BOOK REVIEW: Wybrow, Robert J. Jesse James, Prince of Robbers! A Collection of Essays on the Noted Missouri Outlaw and His Times. (London: The English Westerners’ Society, 2015) 485 pp., illustrations,...
View ArticleBurley Auction Gallery Partners in Jesse James Hoax
Savvy collectors of historical photos and artifacts took no time at all to alert the Jesse James family about the next stage in the ongoing Bob Ford-Jesse James photo hoax. The latest hoax partner is...
View ArticleLois Gibson-Sandy Mills Tintype Controversy Puzzles Great Britain – but not...
In his forensic analysis, titled “Jesse James, Robert Ford, and the Tintype,” Great Britain’s Mark Bampton poses his question about the controversy in typical British fashion – as a pun. “Who are...
View ArticleJesse James, Robert Ford, & the Tintype by Mark David Bampton
Employing scientific forensic analysis, Mark David Bampton of Great Britain further debunks the Bob Ford/Jesse James photo hoax made infamous by tintype seller Sandy Mills, artist Lois Gibson, and...
View ArticleRed Flags Fly over Claimed Jesse James Ambrotype
An ambrotype, claimed to be Jesse James, has raised multiple red flags, particularly from the Jesse James family. Patrick Taylor Meguiar wants to sell his ambrotype. He claims the subject of his...
View ArticleForensic Science Impugns Claim of Jesse James Ambrotype
Forensic science now impugns an ambrotype image claimed to be Jesse Woodson James. The forensic report concludes the image is not America’s iconic historical figure at all. A forensic science paper...
View ArticleForensic Science Proves “7£ eBay find” NOT Jesse James
The eBay find of Justin Whiting of the UK was promoted worldwide as being an image of Jesse James. Decrying Whiting as a fraud and a merchant of identity theft, the James family enjoined Mark David...
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