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 The Wild Bunch
1889 June 2

Page by Bob Leathers

Butch Cassidy [Robert Leroy Parker] and the Sundance Kid [Harry Longbaugh] along with the rest of the Wild Bunch robbed the Union Pacific Overland Flyer No. 1 a few miles east of Old Carbon and Hanna at Wilcox, Wyoming. The gang blew up the train's safe and totally destroyed the rail car in the process. They got away with a large amount of money.
More at:  Butch Cassidy in Wyoming 
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Robert LeRoy Parker aka Butch Cassidy (Public Domain)
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Front. Harry Longabaugh, aka The Sundance Kid; Ben Kipatrick, aka the Tall Texan; Robert Leroy Parker aka Butch Cassidy. Standing. Will Carver, aka News Carver; and Harvey Logan, aka Kid Curry. Picture taken in Fort Worth, Texas in 1900 (Public Domain)
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The Wild Bunch blew up the train's safe and totally destroyed the rail car in the process (Public Domain)
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Wilcox train robbery, express car and safe. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center)
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Express car after being blown up by the Wild Bunch. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center)
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Wilcox robbery posse June 2, 1899. (University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center)
  • More at: Butch Cassidy in Wyoming

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