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First of all, I\u2019m not referring to Joe Walsh and company. That should go without saying when you look at the pictures above. Most of you will know something of the history of Frank and Jesse James during the period of the wild Midwest.\u00a0 But what you may not know is that while these boys were born in Mizzou, that ended up spending a fair bit of their time in Kentucky, in particular in the Samuel\u2019s house on the outskirts of Bardstown.\u00a0 Why there? Because their Momma had remarried a man named Samuels who owned a house there, and they hid out in the house. They even put a hatch in the roof of the house so they could escape if the Law came calling.\u00a0 Much more recently a Samuels descendant Bill Samuels bought a distillery in the 50s and renamed it Maker\u2019s Mark, so this house has a double historical connection\u2014 associated with outlaws and whiskey. Those boys were part of a vigilante group called Quantrill\u2019s Guerrillas with some Samuels, and Frank and some Samuels surrendered to the Union Army in 1865 here at this house.Jesse\u00a0 of\u00a0 course\u00a0 was\u00a0 famously\u00a0 killed\u00a0 by\u00a0 a fellow\u00a0 outlaw.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

These boys had been robbing trains, and generally creating mayhem of various sorts. They surrendered here.\u00a0 \"\"<\/a>\u00a0 But that is not the end of the story.\u00a0 Enter Jeff James, aka the Tune Dude aka an interior decorator who is a distant cousin of Frank James. Jeff and I have been buddies for twenty some years and have gone to many concerts together. He used to own a shop called Frames by James. Below he is framed because\u2014 wait for it, the Samuels hired Jeff to turn this historic home into a a bed and breakfast. And he did it.\u00a0 Ann and I took the tour with him and his wife Donna.\u00a0 Below is Jeff.\u00a0 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

But there is more to be said, in another post.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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