“The people of western Missouri are, in some respects, very peculiar. We will take Jackson county where I was born for instance. In that section the people seemed to be born fighters, the instinct being inherited from a long line of ancestors.” PeopleLongBornLinesInstinctWesternInstanceFighterPeculiarAncestorSectionsCountyMissouriLong Lines Author:Cole Younger
“Joe Smith and Brigham Young laid out Independence, but very soon thereafter enough citizens of the county collected to drive them off, after several stubborn fights.” EnoughYoungFightingCitizensIndependenceStubbornCounty Author:Cole Younger
“I have been wounded altogether twenty times; eleven of these wounds were received at Northfield.” Has BeensTwentiesWoundsWoundedSelflessnessEleven Author:Cole Younger
“I will say that since our capture we have met with uniform kindness, and while in the penitentiary our relations with the officers have been cordially pleasant, and for their considerate and kind disposition we feel profoundly grateful.” FeelsKindHas BeensKindnessMetsRelationGratefulPleasantCaptureOfficersUniformsDispositionConsiderateBe Considerate Author:Cole Younger
“I never, in all my life, had anything whatever to do with robbing any bank in the state of Missouri.” LifeStatesRobbingMissouri Book:The Story of Cole Younger Source: The Story of Cole Younger
“I am aware that my name has been connected with all the bank robberies in the country; but positively I had nothing to do with any one of them. I look upon my life since the war as a blank, and will never say anything to make it appear otherwise.” LifeLooksHas BeensWarCountryNamesConnectedLook UpBlankSay AnythingPositivelyRobberyBank Robbery Author:Cole Younger
“I occupy much of my time in theological studies for which I have a natural inclination.” TimeNaturalStudyMy TimeInclinationTheological Author:Cole Younger
