Jesse James Program
Sun, May 04
|Odell
A bad man in the good life....Jesse James in Nebraska. Presented by Humanities Nebraska's Jeff Barnes.
Time & Location
May 04, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Odell, 214 Main St, Odell, NE 68415, USA
About the event
A bad man in the good life....Jesse James in Nebraska. Presented by Humanities Nebraska's Jeff Barnes.
“Jesse James in Nebraska”
(April 13, 2025) –Western history author and lecturer Jeff Barnes brings the life and legend of the notorious Jesse James to the Odell Public Library on Sunday, May 4, at 6 p.m. The Humanities Nebraska-sponsored talk is free and open to the public.
“A Bad Man in a Better Place: Jesse James in Nebraska” covers the outlaw and his family’s several visits to the Cornhusker State, from the 1860s until just before his assassination in 1882. “Jesse James typically isn’t thought of in connection with Nebraska, but he was here,” said Barnes. “Nebraska was where the outlaw could find family and friends. It was where he could plan amazing robberies, make a recovery or an escape, and even sit for his most famous photograph. He wanted to buy a farm here…