well, I've been reading Bonnie & Clyde books....because this gal loves a good outlaw....

when the Barrow family thought they were being phone tapped, they developed code words. A pot of beans meant the kids were home and wanted a family get together. Cumie referred to Clyde as "Mr. Howard", using his hero Jesse James's favorite alias.

This is the grave of Jesse James in Granbury, TX. While some believe he was killed by his own gang member in Missouri, others believe that he faked his death and fled to Texas. If you do the math, he lived to be 103 years old. We explore this legend and more in our upcoming Granbury episode hitting PBS in October.

I'm pretty sure Mr. James would approve...

found this amazing mural at St Joe, MO Texas Road House!

Cement, Oklahoma!

tonite while watching an episode of Expedition Unknown...the object is trying to validate that the Jesse James gang stole 18 mules loaded down with gold bullion from Mexico, marched them to Oklahoma, and buried the treasure....

Cement was serviced by the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway. Gypsum mining and the oil industry have been mainstays of the town, along with farming and ranching. Area oil wells drilled as early as 1917 remain productive, and new wells are occasionally developed. Cement was a rowdy town until 1907 statehood brought prohibition. Outlaws had frequented the area due to its status of being a "no man's land." According to legend, the Jesse James gang left part of its loot at Buzzard's Roost, a small hill east of town. Frank James allegedly lived in Cement before he built a house near Fletcher in 1906. It has been reported that he rode the range from the Kechi Hills around Cement to the Wichita Mountains in search of wealth left behind by the gang. The Cement Historical Museum features James Gang lore in the Jesse James Visitors Center located on the second floor of the museum building.

The community of Cement is located in southeastern Caddo County, Oklahoma. It is situated along U.S. Highway 277/State Highway 19, approximately fifty-one miles southwest of Oklahoma City. The town received its name in 1902 from workers at a nearby cement mill, built in 1901 by the Acme Cement and Plaster Company. The company hoped to make cement from indigenous gypsum rock. Instead, the crushed gypsum was used for plaster in the construction of houses. Gypsum was still being mined locally and shipped as ore or in the form of sheetrock in 2002.

look who made it onto a list of 13 celebs who married their cousins....

Jesse James is known as one of the last great American outlaws. Committing train robberies and hiding in caves.

He also married his cousin, Zerelda Mimms, who was (creepily) named after Jesse's mother