the State Historical Society of Missouri
Thomas Coleman “Cole” Younger left his family’s Missouri farm in 1862, at age seventeen, to join William…
the State Historical Society of Missouri
![Cole Younger, circa 1866. [State Historical Society of Missouri, B. James George Sr. Photograph Collection, P0010-024263]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-08/1.-cole-younger.jpg?h=154323ae&itok=WaT_D9Vi "Cole Younger, circa 1866. [State Historical Society of Missouri, B. James George Sr. Photograph Collection, P0010-024263]")