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mrclay2000 Says: Built in the 1850s in the Classic Revival style, the Watkins Home is a beautiful example of rural American living for the well-to-do. Boasting eight bedrooms and a pair of parlors, the main house occupies the prominent hilltop on the 3,600-acre farm (now a Living History...
mrclay2000 Says: Perfectly preserved, the 19th-century Watkins Mill sits in a depression near a small pond used presumably in times past for operating the looms and other machinery. Unlike the James Farm, no portion of the Watkins Mill State Park can be explored without paying the $2.50...
TravellerMel Says: I love historical places, and ever since I watched the 1939 Tyrone Power movie "Jesse James" on TV, I've had a romantic fascination with this particular gunslinger. I found myself in Kearney, MO for a weekend, so naturally, a trip to the James Farm and birthplace was de...
Jesse James' Final Resting Place
mrclay2000 Says: The attendants at the James Farm will explain that Jesse James had indeed been buried on the family property after his assassination in St Joseph in 1882. In 1902 (explain the same pundits), James was disinterred and reinterred in Mt Olivet Cemetery near I-35 on US-92. In...
Watkins Mill State Park, Lawson
mrclay2000 Says: In the 1860s Waltus Watkins built a woollen mill as part of his farm expansion. Tools bought from East Coast manufacturers were shipped here by rail and by river, and today they remain where originally installed, the only surviving mill in the United States (and one of few...
mrclay2000 Says: If you drive through Missouri you'll see that most of the state is nicely forested. In the northwest however the landscape gives way to farmland delineated by pockets of trees. It was here in 1845 that Jesse James' parents built their primitive ranchhouse and farm, and where...
Jesse James' Other Resting Place
mrclay2000 Says: If you doubt the pundits at the James Farm, you can still see both the official and unofficial resting places of one of America's best-known outlaws. Officially, James was removed from the family property and redeposited in the turf at Mt Olivet Cemetery. His grave is toward...
basstbn Says: East of Kearney on State Road 92 is a popular picnic and hangout destination - Tryst Falls Park. At one time there was a working grist mill on the site.Looking at the picture, you may well ask where's the falls, the water? We visited late in July, 2003 - the driest month on...
Jesse James' Grave in Mt. Olivet Cemetery
basstbn Says: Jesse James' body was exhumed from its resting place on the family farm in 1902 and re-buried (in a new casket) at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Remaining pieces of the original casket can be viewed at the museum at the Farmstead. The outlaw's grave was again disturbed in the 1990s...
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Outlaw's BBQ is a wonderful little casual dining BBQ restaurant with delicious food and friendly service! The menu offers quite a variety of things, but be sure to try the burnt ends and the ribs. Also, Ron's Salad is one of the best I've ever had. The prices are reasonable, and they have frequent drink specials that make this one of my favorite stops!
Favorite Dish: RIBS-tender, excellent flavor
RON'S SALAD-fresh, great fried chicken, and delightful dressing!
BURNT ENDS-My favorite anywhere! I LOVE burnt ends, and have tried them at every BBQ restaurant I have visited, but none compare with Outlaw's!!!
Written May 29, 2008
Address: Kearney, MO
Phone: 816-628-6500
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Prowlers through the Mt Olivet graveyard looking for Jesse James will eventually come across an odd sign. The sign purports to direct the visitor to a nearby merchant in order to "buy a piece of the tree that shaded Jesse James." If in fact James is buried in Mt Olivet, the purchase might seem sensible to collectors. If not, the tree cube would be no more valuable than a chunk of tofu, just another hoax in American lore.
Updated Oct 26, 2003
Website: www.jessejames.org
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Today's Jesse James Farm is a modern success story, but also the local racket. Visitors must stop at a James Museum and pay $6.50 for adults to visit a tiny house shown only by tour. The house itself is primitive, filled with period implements, wooden floors and a stone hearth.
Unique Suggestions: Don't pay a dime to see the inside of the house. The attendants will allow you to traipse outside the farmhouse, the outhouse and the slaves' quarters for free.
Fun Alternatives: During this tour you can peer inside the farmhouse to see how paying $6.50 might or might not embellish your visit.
Written Oct 26, 2003
A true James' enthusiast would visit all the associated places in Kearney before venturing the short hour and change to St Joseph. There, apart from a wealth of historical wonders, the visitor can tour the small home in which James was murdered in 1882. Though relocated to its new position near the Pony Express Offices, the home still begs the visitor to "see the bullet hole."
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Phone: (816) 232-8206
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Kearney was originally laid out as Centerville in the 1850s, though the James Farm is dated to 1845. Then as now a place for farms and pasture, Kearney is located about sixteen miles north of Kansas...
I came here for a weekend with my then-boyfriend. While he worked, I entertained myself by going to the Jesse James farm. Having been raised in California (not quite the Wild West...), I've always...
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