Historical Events tagged with "oldwest"
Turns out history loves a label—battles, breakthroughs, and the occasional disaster, all neatly tagged for your browsing pleasure. Because sometimes you just need every weird invention in one place.
Crime & Law
Robert Ford Assassinated Jesse James
April 3rd, 1882 142 years ago
In St. Joseph, Missouri, Robert Ford shot Jesse James, a notorious outlaw. Ford purportedly aimed to collect the bounty on James and sought notoriety. At the time, James was in the process of adjusting a picture on the wall of his home when Ford shot him in the back.
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