Some old-timers claimed Butch Cassidy got his nickname from the short time he worked as a butcher in Wyoming.  Matt Warner, who rode with Butch, said it came from Cassidy having a tough time shooting a rifle he owned that was called Butch. Actually his real name was Robert Leroy Parker. There’s no disputing how Sundance got his.  As a young man he did some jail time in Sundance, Wyoming. Ironically, the governor pardoned him, saying he was a good boy. Sundance, in contrast to Butch, was quie


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