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Oak Grove, Louisiana

Standing from the left is Delhi, Louisiana Mayor, Lynn Lewis, Reggie Anne Walker-Wyatt, and Mayor Lavell Brown of Oak Grove, Louisiana. The officials were on hand to view "A Photographic Journey, The Back Roads of Jesse James" photography exhibit in advance of the newly formed "Jesse James Trade Days and Outlaw Roundup Rodeo" charterd in Oak Grove, Louisiana after the introduction of Walker-Wyatt's first book, a Jesse James/J.Frank Dalton trilogy. The book showcases photos and stores from this area of Louisiana. Walker-Wyatt was the first Grand Marshall of this new festival, (see stagecoach photo). Mayor Brown, dressed in period costume and "toting guns" also rode in the stage during a promotional trail ride organized by Walker-Wyatt with the help of several members of the Cowboy Church community, the Oak Grove Downtown Development group and Police Jury President, Eddie Russell. Russell and several other riders staged a mock robbery simulating the Shreveport Stage robbery that was attributed to the James gang by local citizens during that era. The stage was robbed going both ways. Cole Younger was certainly in the vicinity by his own printed words! (See information below)

Eddie Russell is a grandson of Wash Russell, a man that reportedly rode with Jesse James during the Civil War and afterward on cattle drives through Texas and into Kansas. This information is verified by his family and a photo of "Wash" shown with Jesse James, Belle Starr, Bat Masterson, Billy the Kid, (Brushy Bill Roberts) and Wyatt Earp in Dodge City, 1880. His story is told in Walker-Wyatt's first book, "Chasing Rivers, Trains, and Jesse James". The "Jesse" stories from this area are about the man known as J. Frank Dalton. There are old photos that have been identified as Dalton but the man in the picture was also called "Jesse James". This information was nearly lost until Walker-Wyatt's book ressurected the stories and researched the photos. Wash Russell claimed to have only ridden a "short" while with the James boys, remarking they were "too rough a bunch" for him. 1863 to 1880 is almost twenty years. Many people in this area have stories and pictures to support the theory that Dalton was one Jesse James and was riding with Cole Younger in Louisiana on several occasions. Cole's book states he met Jesse late in the war but already knew Frank. On page 57 of the original book written by Cole Younger in 1903, "The Story of Cole Younger, By Himself", Younger clearly relates spending time in Louisiana with his brother John after the war and having been sent to the area during 1863 during the war. Both times he rented land belonging to Walker-Wyatt's family. (Bass)