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Was Butch Cassidy a Master Train Robber?

by | Sep 19, 2018 | True West Blog

Butch Cassidy’s folk hero image actually exceeded his outlawry.  In 1898, a Chicago newspaper referred to him as the “King of the Bandits,” and the “worst man” in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Idaho.  The article also claimed he was the leader of a gang of 500 outlaws, “subdivided into five bands.” It’s not certain how many train robberies Butch actually participated in but he wasn’t


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