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American HIstorical Memorabilia & Antiques
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Robert Le Roy Parke aka Butch Cassidy, aka George Cassidy, aka Lowe Maxwell.
Butch Cassidy was born April 15, 1866, in Beaver, Uah. While a teenager, he worked several ranches. Cassidy rode the fringe between being an outlaw and a migrant cowboy. In 1894, Cassidy was jailed in Wyoming for rustling and served two years. By 1896, he formed a gang known as the Wild Bunch. The gang consisted of several well known outlaws including Harry Longabaugh-The Sundance Kid, Harvey Logan-Kid Curry, Ben Kilpatrick-The Tall Texan, and Harry Tracy-Elzy Lay. The gang put together the longest sequence of successful bank and train robberies in the history of the American West. This tin type photo of Butch Cassidy was given to the owner's Grandmother by Mrs. Lula Parker Betenson, Cassidy's sister, in Circleville, Utah during the late 1950s. According to Mrs. Betenson, the photo was taken in 1897 at Robber's Roost, a hideout often used by the gang. Butch, Sundance and the Wild Bunch used three of the most famous hideouts. The Hole-in-the-Wall, in Wyoming, Brown's Park on the Colorado-Utah border and the Robber's Roost in Southeastern Utah. Historical accounts of Cassidy's activities places him in Robber's Roost during the winter of 1897 after robbing the Pleasant Valley Coal Company payroll. As the West grew more pupulated and law enforcement became better organized, the Pinkerton Agency was hired to chase down Cassidy. Butch, Sundance and a prostitute named Etta Place went to South America and purchased a ranch in Argentina. According to historical accounts, on November 3, 1908, after robbing a Bolivian mining company's payroll, Butch and Sundance were surrounded by Bolivian troops and killed. Mrs. Lula Parker Betenson was Butch Cassidy's youngest sister. In 1969 when she was a consultatnt for the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid",she stated that Butch and Sundance were not killed in Bolivia as reported, as Butch had visited the family during the 1920s. At the time of her interview, she was 86 years old. Mrs. Betenson, until her death in 1980, supported her statement. Since her death other information in support of her claim has surfaced Condition; Good w/light fading. ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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