"The people of western Missouri are, in some……" — Cole Younger
"The people of western Missouri are, in some respects, very peculiar. We will take Jackson county where I was born for instance. In that section the people seemed to be born fighters, the instinct being inherited from a long line of ancestors."
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Cole Younger
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11 Quotes by Cole Younger
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Joe Smith and Brigham Young laid out Independence, but very soon thereafter enough citizens of the county collected to drive…
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I have been wounded altogether twenty times; eleven of these wounds were received at Northfield.
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I will say that since our capture we have met with uniform kindness, and while in the penitentiary our relations…
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I never, in all my life, had anything whatever to do with robbing any bank in the state of Missouri.
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I am aware that my name has been connected with all the bank robberies in the country; but positively I…
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I occupy much of my time in theological studies for which I have a natural inclination.
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I want it understood that all these men fought for principle, not for plunder, and that they were true-hearted, honorable…
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Jim and I are still receiving surgical attention, and will be the remainder of our lives.
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The world may believe as it pleases.
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They had scarcely established themselves, however, before another company of Jackson county citizens, chiefly from around Independence, organized to drive…
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