The posse rode out of Price, UT in May 1898. They had reports that Butch Cassidy and members of the Wild Bunch were cam…
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The Lawman and the Attorney They rode together—before the gunfight.
Jack Watson was an undercover lawman and JW Warf the prosecutor in Carbon County, UT. In 1898, they even served on the …
The Mysterious Etta Place The enigmatic Etta Place is one of the Old West’s most enthralling mysteries.
The enigmatic Etta, (Ethel) Place is one of the Old West’s most enthralling mysteries. We know from her photo she was a …
Was Butch Cassidy a Master Train Robber? Turns out Butch may not have been the notorious train robber of lore.
Butch Cassidy’s folk hero image actually exceeded his outlawry. In 1898, a Chicago newspaper referred to him as the “Ki…
Bank Robbery at Telluride Butch was looking for excitement and in the summer of 1884 he turned up in the boisterous, rough and tumble mining town of Telluride, Colorado.
Butch Cassidy was born Robert LeRoy Parker on April 13th, 1866, in Beaver, Utah to a good Mormon family. A turning point…
Horse Race at Castle Gate Butch always planned his escapes well.
In the spring of 1894, Butch Cassidy was running a small outfit at Horse Creek in the Upper Wind River country near toda…
Trailing the Wild Bunch The legendary outlaws left their mark from Wyoming to Texas.
Two of the best-known bank and train robbers of the 19th century spent time in jail and prison—for horse theft—and not a…
The Outlaw Trail Outlaws always needed a sanctuary.
The so-called Outlaw Trail was a 1,500-mile stretch of untamed country running Canada to New Mexico and Butch Cassidy kn…
A Sad End For Matt Warner The former outlaw was doomed by his own memoir.
Matt Warner rode with Butch Cassidy and was one of the outlaw’s closest friend. Warner—real name, Willard Christianson—…
The Queen Rules Ann Bassett ruled the range.
Ann Bassett was quite the woman, running a ranch in northwest Colorado around the turn of the century. She was involved…