Jesse James Confederate defiance of federal Reconstruction policy. Jesse's initiative in creating his rising public profile is debated by historians and biographers. The high tensions in politics accompanied his outlaw career and enhanced his notoriety. Meanwhile, the James brothers joined with Cole Younger and his brothers John, Jim, and Bob, as well as Clell Miller and other former Confederates, to form what came to be known as the James–Younger Gang. With Jesse James as the most public face of the gang (though with operational leadership likely shared among the group), the gang carried out a string of robberies from Iowa to Texas,
Cole Brothers Cole Brothers Cole Brothers was a department store located in Sheffield, UK The Cole Brothers John & Thomas opened a silk mercier and hosier at 4 Fargate, Sheffield in 1847. Their brother Skelton almost immediate joined them in the business which grew rapidly, purchasing stores along Fargate and round into Church Street. The business had grown so much that in 1869, a rebuild of the stores was commissioned with a new frontage and an extra two storeys. The business continued to expand with further stores added, and rebuilt to match the architecture of the store, and by 1898 the business