Monday, January 25, 1875. The Pinkertons raid the James home.

Pinkerton agents raided the Clay County, Missouri home of Frank and Jesse James. They were aided, in this effort, by Unionist who had opposed Missouri throwing in with the traitorous South in the Civil War, and who retained grievances in the violent post Civil War world of Missouri.

Frank and Jesse were not there, but a fire-bomb they used killed their brother Archie and injured their mother severely. The raid caused intense anger in Missouri, both for its violence, and due to retained insurrectionist sympathies.

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Thursday, January 15, 1875. Restoring the gold standard.

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Tuesday, December 8, 1874.. The James Gang robs a train.

Western Fictioneers: On This Day in the Old West: December 8:   Let’s talk outlaws this December. On December 8, 1874, the infamous Jesse James and the Younger gang robbed the Kansas Pacific Railroad in...

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Monday, December 7, 1874. The 1874 State of the Union.

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Thursday, February 18, 1915. Last stand.

German troops surrounded the Russians in the Augustów Primeval Forest in western Poland. Their last stand allowed the retreating Russian 10th Army to reform their defenses.

German exclusion zones went into effect.

Frank James died at age 72 at the Missouri family farm.

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Wednesday, February 17, 1915. Putting a mutiny down.

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