L.G. Davis was the sheriff of Carbon County, WY. The Wild Bunch had been on a crime spree in the region but other lawmen refused to go raid their hideouts. Davis decided to do so, targeting the outlaw refuge in Powder Springs in September 1897.
The posse thought they’d have the advantage of surprise—but somebody tipped off Butch Cassidy and company, and they left before the lawmen got there. T
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