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Jesse James Home Museum, St. Joseph, MO

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Jesse James Home Museum

Jesse James Home Museum is a museum in St. Joseph, MO, part of the Kansas City guide. Cost: under $25.

1202 Penn St · St. Joseph, MO

Why you should go…

This one-story house is where Jesse James was shot and killed by gang member Robert Ford on April 3, 1882. Moved twice, it now sits on the grounds of the Patee House Museum. Inside you see items from Jesse's life and death, artifacts of Frank James and the Ford brothers, and finds from the 1995 exhumation, including his tie pin and a casting of his skull. Look for the bullet hole in the wall, enlarged over the years by souvenir hunters.

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