Compiling this topic, the thought for this year she called me into her office, and pitch me this idea as she mentioned and she ended up, when i told her and agreed that i did know somebody who might be interested in doing this topic she said well maybe when i think about renegades or scoundrels theres only one person that comes to mind. I said im so touch those are the type of characters every girl wants to be associated with. Before you can really start looking at the outlaws that the civil in our gangs that the civil war spun off you have to take a flip back and kind of understand the guerrilla warfare that was going on during the civil war to try to understand how that same mindset continued on after the war and manifested itself in the wild west. In regular warfare in the civil war you have those who are somewhat walk organized with the military, and calgary raiders near kentucky, they were the most closely associated and then you had partisan rangers, who were free and independent
Im jamie colby, just northeast of bellingham, washington, near the canadian border. Beautiful isnt it . The woman im about to meet is the heir of a controversial relic that, according to family lore, connects her and her ancestors to jesse james and his notorious gang from the 1860s and 70s. My name is sandy mills, and i inherited a very old picture from my grandmother, isabelle. She said it was the infamous outlaw, jesse james. I believed it, but it didnt seem like anybody else really did. Sandy. Hi. Im jamie. So nice to meet you, and i cant wait to hear your story. Sandy explains that her roots go back to missouri, where her grandmother, isabelle, shared with her the family legend that their forebears occasionally aided jesse james. The outlaw jesse james. Yes, maam. She would tell me the stories as i was growing up, how they would give them horses and food and shelter, just protect them. To prove it, grandma isabelle shows sandy this picture, known as a tintype. Its an early form of
Now, i will start off with a word of warning. When i compiled all the information i wanted to share with you all this evening the first time i went through it and timed it i spoke for an hour and a half. So i hope yall are comfortable. We might be here for a while. Last year when josie was compiling this topics for this year she called me into her Office One Day and pitched me this idea as she mentioned and she ended up when i told her i probably did know somebody interested in this topic and she said when i think about it theres only one person that comes immediately to mind, and i said im so touched. Those are exactly the type of characters every girl longs to be associated with so before you can really start looking at the outlaw gangs civil war spun off you kind of have to take a flip back and see kind of understand the guerilla warfare that was going on during the during the civil war to kind of understand how that same mindset continued on after the war and kind of manifested its
Civil war guerrilla fighters who later became outlaws in the old west, including jesse james, his brother frank, and their gang. This event was recorded by the American Civil War museum in june of 2016. Now, i will start off with a word of warning. When i compiled all the information i wanted to share with you all this evening, the first time i went through it and timed it, i spoke for an hour and a half. So i hope you all are comfortable. We might be here a while. Im just kidding josie, dont get mad at me. Last year when josie was compiling the topics for this year, she called me into her Office One Day and pitched me this idea as she mentioned. Then she ended up, when i told her that and i agreed that i probably did know somebody who might be interested in doing this topic, she said, well, you know, when i think of outlaws, renegades or scoundrels, theres only one person that comes immediately to mind. I said, im so touched. Thats exactly the type of characters every girl longs to be
And black lives matter have plunged portland into chaos. The leftist acts attacking citizens activists attacking citizens and destroying property, and the mayor just grins at it all. Ing Law Enforcement under constant attack. And today the police had to step in to clear two downtown parks of demonstrators trying to create their the own autonomous zone. Businesses have lost millions of dollars because of the rioting and the looting, and federal buildings including the courthouse have been fire bombed and vandalized. Acting dhs secretary chad wolf today said, quote a federal courthouse is a symbol of justice. To attack it is to attack america. End quote. I would add, to attack a city is to attack america. Federal dhs and doj officers and agents have been deployed to protect the courthouse and other federal buildings and to keep the mobs in check. The radical dems arent happy about that. They dont want the federal agents in portland for obvious reasons, because the feds, of course, will p