Hi Mandy: Thanks for sharing. I'm really interested in the Jesse James gang, not only because two of my relatives, John Rice Maupin and his brother, William, ran with them, but they use to stop in Rush Springs at my GG uncle's farm. He was Silas Edward "Buck" Fitzpatrick. One of his descendants has an account of those visits he is going to snail mail to me. Since my G granddaddy was Uncle Buck's brother and married a Maupin who was a second cousin once removed of John Rice and William Maupin, I'm wondering if that's one reason the James gang picked the farm to stop off by. It would only seem normal that the Maupins who went to Indian Territory would know all others in their family. So, that leaves me to wonder if the visits from that gang were friendly or hostile? I've yet to go to Rush Springs where that section of the family still lives and want to this coming June while in OK. Until then I'm left to wonder if that area was just one of the safer places for gangs to stop back then. From what I've read they liked places where there were hills, or, high places for their lookouts to watch out for lawmen. A Maupin cousin from John Rice Maupin's section sent me a long article on the Colbert Ferry as John was involved in that area and time and married Helen Eastman, in the Colbert family. But, a lot of the various sections of my family married into the Colbert family. They must have been a huge family out there! I've read two books on Indian Territory dealing with hanging Judge Isaac Charles Parker and I had no idea just how bad it was out there in those times. It's a wonder our old ones survived! Sandi :)