Saturday afternoon, Jeff Barnes, a Humanities Nebraska public speaker, will make a presentation about Jesse James in Nebraska at the Nuckolls County Museum located in Superior’s City Park. We haven’t heard his presentation and we doubt he will either confirm nor put to rest the stories about the James brothers Nuckolls County connections. However, we want to hear what he has to say.

After learning the 2023 Lady Vestey Festival theme was picked to honor the late Lew Hunter, we recalled a story Lew told about his mother’s family and the James gang. We first told Lew’s story in this s...