Decatur, TX, United States
Jesse and Frank James famous western frontier outlaws, who had many Texas hideouts along a line from the Rio Grande to the Red River. The camps--extending into Missouri, their home state--were used for hiding stolen horses until posses could be thrown off the trail. The campsites were sometimes know
n to be scattered settlers, who feared or befriended the bandits. Also friendly with the James Brothers (and also operating sometimes in Texas) were fellow Missouri outlaws, Cole Younger and “Bandit Q
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