George Parrot, whose real name was George Manuse was a small time rustler and outlaw with a large nose, hence the nickname. Big Nose had a notorious reputation for robbing freight wagons, stagecoaches in Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. Afterwards he’d spend the money lavishly in Miles City.
One day back in 1878, he and a friend named Dutch Charlie decided to rob a train near Rawlins, Wyoming. They fo
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