Bell-Pharis House

Historical marker location:

20611 EE Highway, Liberty, Missouri

( Marker can be reached from Missouri State Highway EE (Missouri Route EE) ½ mile south of Missouri Highway H.)

Marker installed: 1976

Clay County Historical Society Historic Landmark .

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The infamous outlaw Jesse James was born in Clay County, Missouri, in 1847. He later became known for his bank and train robberies and was killed by a member of his own gang in 1882.