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Elzy Lay, one of Cassidy's closest friends and cofounder of the Wild Bunch gang, was wounded and also captured. Cassidy and the other members regrouped in Wyoming. On August 29, 1900, Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Kid Curry, and another unidentified gang member believed to have been Will Carver, held up another Union Pacific train at Tipton, Wyoming.
Hole-in-the-Wall site, Wyoming. Hole-in-the-Wall is a remote pass in the Big Horn Mountains of Johnson County, Wyoming.In the late 19th and the early 20th centuries, the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang and Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang met at the log cabin, which is now preserved at the Old Trail Town museum in Cody, Wyoming.
1955: Wyoming Renegades, featuring Gene Evans as Butch Cassidy and William Bishop as Sundance. 1956: The Three Outlaws , starring Neville Brand as Butch Cassidy and Alan Hale Jr as the Sundance Kid, is a film about the famed outlaws' lives with Wild Bunch member William "News" Carver.
Cody, Wyoming. As its name suggests, Cody was founded by "Buffalo Bill" Cody himself. ... The picturesque town has even served as a backdrop for many a Western, including "Butch Cassidy and the ...
The encampment operated with a steady stream of outlaw gangs rotating in and out, from the late 1860s to the early 20th century. However, by 1910, very few outlaws used the hideout, and it eventually faded into history. One of the cabins used by Butch Cassidy still exists today, and it was moved to Cody, Wyoming, where it is on public display.
Lefors married his first wife, 16-year-old Bessie M. Hannum, in Newcastle, Wyoming on August 5, 1896. In 1899, Lefors took part in a posse to capture those responsible for what would become known as the "Wilcox Train Robbery", committed by the Hole in the Wall Gang led by outlaw Butch Cassidy.
In 1890 Wyoming became a state and the facility was transferred to the new state, which already had planned a new facility in Rawlins. Butch Cassidy was incarcerated here in 1894–1896. Prisoners were transferred to Rawlins in 1901; the prison was closed in 1903 and given to the University of Wyoming. [2]
Mar. 6—Bill Betenson developed a fascination with his famous great uncle at a young age. His great-grandmother, Lula Parker Betenson, was Butch Cassidy's younger sister, and she often shared ...