--Here, we will make our best attempt at that "better story."....
__It seems that prior to the bloody Kansas-Missouri Border Wars, the Younger Family had always enjoyed a rather prominent status in American Society.
__Henry Washington Younger, father of the notorious "Younger Brothers," was a very prosperous farmer, and businessman, with many ventures including the U.S. Mail contract for 500 miles. He was a slave owner, and a Southerner in sympathy and in fact. However, Henry was a staunch Unionist, for he felt that Secession would be disastrous to all concerned.
__Altogether, Henry and his wife, the former Bursheba Fristoe, had 14 children, for which they both strove to see that each received the best education available in the region.
__The Youngers decended from the ruling family of Strasburg, on the Rhine river of Europe.
__Henry's grandmother was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee who was a distinguished cavalry

He was a grand nephew of Chief Justice John Marshall of Virginia. Richard became a judge himself, and was one of the first members of the Missouri legisltaure.
__So, what happened? How in the world could such a prominent family produce a gang of sons who would become some of the world's most notorious "outlaws"?
Tune in next month and find out!!