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...
Butch is Born
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Butch Cassidy
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...
Birth Of The Social Bandit The best example of a social bandit came in the latter days of the Old West, was Butch Cassidy...
By the latter part of the nineteenth century train robberies had become big business among western outlaws. During one period trains were being...
Initiation to Robbery
Butch Cassidy’s first bank job set the standard for future holdups.
Ask the Marshall
What Happened to Mike Cassidy, Butch Cassidy’s Mentor?