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Dr. Samuel Evans James Office, Frankfort, Ky.
This week, when fact checking a chapter from the epic new history being written about the James family in which Dr. Samuel James and John E. Miles both appear, Russell Hatter offered us this photo from...
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C. E. James Authors History of Franklin County, Kentucky
History of Franklin County by C. E. James CAMPBELL EDMONDSON JAMES (1852-1921) C. E. James was twenty-seven years old when he authored this short...
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Campbell E. James Takes Bashi-Bazouk to Victory
Bashi-bazouk chief by Jean-Leon Gerome, French. Oil, 1881 From the Turkish, Bashi-bazouk translates as “damaged head,” “disorderly,” or as “leaderless.” The term was commonly applied to irregular...
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Dr. Samuel Evans James’ Yacht “The Wanderer”
Russell Hatter, the assistant curator of the Capital City Museum in Frankfort, Kentucky, sent us this newspaper clipping from the Kentucky Journal of September 8, 1903. The story documents a day cruise...
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Paul Sawyier Library Gathers Kentucky Authors & Some Jesse James Family History
I’ve accepted the invitation of the PAUL SAWYIER LIBRARY in Frankfort, Ky., to join its GATHERING OF AUTHORS. Original Frankfort Courthouse on Wapping Street, Frankfort, Kentucky The Sawyier Public...
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Frankfort, Kentucky’s Gathering of Authors 2013
Just a reminder ladies… Jesse James Soul Liberty Ladies Book Club Tomorrow, Saturday, August 24, 2013, I’ll be signing my book Jesse James Soul Liberty in the company of Kentucky’s finest authors at...
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Book Signing Adventures
Surprise arrivals at my book signings are becoming no longer surprising. Katie Cole speaks with author Eric F. James Last week, at the Gathering of Authors, I was met by a young lady who said she knew...
View ArticleA. J. James Highlighted in Frankfort Cemetery Tour
Andrew Jackson “A. J.” James will be highlighted in the upcoming cemetery tour of historic Frankfort Cemetery. This cousin of Frank & Jesse James left his mark on Kentucky’s capitol city as a State...
View ArticleGraves Family Reunion Returns to Kentucky
The Graves family and friends are gathering in Frankfort, Kentucky Frankfort, Kentucky, and its surrounding regions was an early destination for those Graves ancestors who departed colonial Virginia in...
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