Field trips to the one-room school
The Mt. Gilead School runs a four-hour living-history program for up to thirty students, taught in 1880s style with McGuffey’s readers and slates.
Where the legend began
Clay County’s historic sites
Frank and Jesse James, an 1866 bank robbery, an 1870s one-room school, and a 1927 conservation farm. The frontier history of Clay County, open to visit.
Four places, four eras
Visit the historic sites
Jesse James Birthplace
The farm where the legend began, with the world's largest collection of James family artifacts
Jesse James Bank Museum
Site of the nation's first successful daylight peacetime bank robbery, restored to 1866
Mt. Gilead School & Church
An 1870s church and one-room school for field trips, weddings, and gatherings
Pharis Farm
A 1927 conservation farm east of Liberty, open during special events
Groups & gatherings
Field trips, weddings, and heritage days
Weddings and gatherings
The 1870s Mt. Gilead Church hosts weddings, family reunions, showers, picnics, and birthday parties. Call 816-736-8500 to see it and pick a date.
A day in James-gang history
Pair the Jesse James Birthplace near Kearney with the Bank Museum on the Liberty square, restored to the way it looked in 1866.
Open every season