"Near sleepy Hanska Slough, on September 21, 1876, Norwegian teen Asle Sorbel made a daring "Paul Revere ride" into Madelia, Minnesota. His efforts, and those of the Madelia Magnificent Seven, led to the capture of the Younger brothers of the Jesse James-Younger Gang. The gang's botched Northfield bank raid and infamous Madelia shootout were well reported. But Asle's story was lost to history. Friends of the outlaws planned reprisals. Asle changed...

Frank and Jesse James, the infamous brothers from Missouri, rode with marauding Confederate guerrillas during the Civil War. Having learned to kill and raid without compunction, they easily transitioned from rebels to outlaws after the war, robbing stage coaches, banks, and trains in Missouri and surrounding states. It was a botched bank robbery in Northfield, Minnesota, followed by an improbable two-week escape through the Dakota Territory and Iowa,...

Documents factual stories of history's notorious bandits and the officer and rangers who attempted to maintain law and order in the Old West.