Markley is the author of “Billy the Kid and Jesse James: Outlaws of the Legendary West.” He will answer the question of which was the “biggest, baddest” outlaw at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Everyone is welcome to attend the free program, which is part of the History and Heritage Book Club.
“Billy the Kid and Jesse James are two outlaws who never ride off into the sunset of our imaginations. Markley will compare the lives of the two men and tell which outlaw he believes left the biggest legacy,” said Catherine Forsch, chief executive officer of the South Dakota Historical Society Foundation. The foundation is the nonprofit fundraising partner of the South Dakota State Historical Society and the sponsor of the History and Heritage Book Club.
Billy the Kid, 1859/60 – 1881, was a notorious gunfighter who was reputed to have killed at least 27 men before being gunned down at about age 21. Jesse James, 1847 – 1882, and his gang were responsible for more than 20 bank and train robberies and the murders of individuals who stood in their way.
“Billy the Kid and Jesse James” is Markley’s second book in the Legendary West series. He has previously spoken to the History and Heritage Book Club, most recently about the first book in the Legendary West series, “Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson: Lawmen of the Legendary West.”
Markley retired from state government after working 40 years with the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources. He re-enacts Civil War infantry and frontier cavalry and has participated in the films “Dances with Wolves,” “Crazy Horse,” and others. He is a member of the Western Writers of America and is a staff writer for WWA’s “Roundup” magazine. He also writes for other magazines and has written six nonfiction books and one fiction book.
“Billy the Kid and Jesse James” is sold at the Heritage Stores at the Cultural Heritage Center and the Capitol, and online at www.sdhsf.org.
People may participate in the program via the internet or by phone. Please call 605-773-6006 at least two days in advance of the program for more information.
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About the South Dakota State Historical Society
The South Dakota State Historical Society is a division of the Department of Education. The State Historical Society, an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is headquartered at the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. The center houses the society’s world-class museum, the archives, and the historic preservation, publishing, and administrative/development offices. Call 605-773-3458 or visit www.history.sd.gov for more information. The society also has an archaeology office in Rapid City; call 605-394-1936 for more information.
About the South Dakota Historical Society Foundation
The South Dakota Historical Society Foundation is a private charitable nonprofit that seeks funding to assist the South Dakota State Historical Society in programming and projects to preserve South Dakota’s history and heritage for future generations.
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