Cassidy grabs the cash in Idaho. August 13, 1896. Butch Cassidy, Elzy Lay and Bub Meeks hold up the bank in Montpelier, Idaho. They get away with up...
Butch Busts his First Bank
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Butch Cassidy
Butch’s Beginnings
Cassidy’s first bank robbery. Monday, June 24, 1889. Butch Cassidy and Matt Warner enter the San Miguel Valley Bank in Telluride, Colorado at around...
Cassidy’s First Crime
Butch hits a Colorado bank. On June 24th, 1889, Butch Cassidy—still known as Bob Parker—pulled off his first major criminal act. He and Matt Warner...
Butch is Born
Robert LeRoy Parker sees the light in Utah. April 13, 1866, Robert LeRoy Parker was born in Beaver, UT. He gained notoriety--infamy, really--under...
The Outlaw Trail
An outlaw trail ranged all the way from Canada to Mexico and Butch Cassidy knew the way like the back of his hand. He wasn’t wanted in a number of...
Demise of the Wild Bunch
By the early 1900s, the law was closing in and Butch Cassidy was beginning to feel the pressure. The cattle industry was big in Argentina and with...
Demise of the Wild Bunch
By the early 1900s, the law was closing in and Butch Cassidy was beginning to feel the pressure. The cattle industry was big in Argentina and with...
Wyoming’s Colorful Characters
Hit the road where the famous roamed across the Cowboy State. Butch, Sundance, Wild Bill, Calamity and Buffalo Bill are just a few of the Old...
The Demise of the Wild Bunch
By the early 1900s the law was closing in and Butch was beginning to feel the pressure. He considered going to South America. The cattle...
The Birth of an Outlaw
By the end of the nineteenth century the old ways of outlawry in the West were slowly dying out. The James-Younger Gang, the Daltons, Doolins, and...
Counselor for the Defense Douglas Preston will always be connected to Butch Cassidy.
An obituary said that lawyer Douglas Preston was “ranked as the first criminal attorney of Wyoming.” And he certainly gained notoriety as the man...
Relay Horses
I've always heard that Butch was the first to have used relays of horses in 1889 to escape pursuing posses. I had a question today from a...