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Modelcar
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Posted by Modelcar on Friday, September 16, 2005 10:32 PM
....Wrong Jessie.

Quentin

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 16, 2005 10:10 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by mehrlich

I thought he was the guy who builds motorcycles .


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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 16, 2005 9:53 PM
I thought he was the guy who builds motorcycles .


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chemung
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Posted by chemung on Friday, September 16, 2005 9:15 PM
Adair,Iowa just off the exit on I-80 is a marker.See this site,under Jesse James
http://accs.k12.ia.us/cityadair/history.html

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Modelcar
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Posted by Modelcar on Friday, September 16, 2005 9:10 PM
James.....Wonder how our "sources" can be so different with their answers....

Quentin

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 16, 2005 9:04 PM
Only 1, it was one of the first robberies of the famed James gang
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spbed
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Posted by spbed on Friday, September 16, 2005 9:31 AM
Did not Butch & Sundance take care of him before he could get going as a train robber? [:p][8D][:D]

Originally posted by Lotus098

Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR  Austin TX Sub

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Modelcar
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Posted by Modelcar on Friday, September 16, 2005 9:03 AM
....The answer I found was seven......eleven banks, and three stage coaches and various places including a county fair...!
PS: He was married to his first cousin...

Quentin

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Friday, September 16, 2005 9:01 AM
I don't think that he robbed a train. His specialty was knocking over small-town banks, mostly in Missouri. The beginning of the end came when his gang tried to rob a bank in Northfield MN, and the townspeople fought back.
The daily commute is part of everyday life but I get two rides a day out of it. Paul
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Train Trivia (answered)
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 16, 2005 8:53 AM
So here I come to you again, sitting in the prestigous office chair, behind the plastic keyboard, with talent on loan from some railroad books.

JESSEI JAMES, FAMOUS BANDIT ROBBED HOW MANY TRAINS?

1. 3
2. 5
3. 1
4. 0
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