Mary Boyd was one of Lander, Wyoming's, favorite young ladies in the 1890's and she caught the eye of Butch Cassidy. A romantic relationship developed and flourished. But Cassidy's problems with the law prevented him from settling down. Mary eventually married Ol E....
Following several successful heists, the Wild Bunch reunited in Fort Worth, Texas for a little R&R and to “lay low” with more than $32,000 in gold coins. In 1900 Fort Worth had nearly 27,000 people and two busy train stations making it an easy place to slip into...
On August 29, 1900, Yearning for more, the Wild Bunch struck the Union Pacific for the final time in Wyoming. Fifty miles west of Rawlins near the railroad station of Tipton the gang was able to stop the train. Once again, they packed too much dynamite in the...
About July 18, 1899, On the spot, Elza Lay helped rob a train with the Ketchum Gang in Folsom, New Mexico. The robbery was successful but the posse did end up catching up to them in an area called Turkey Creek. A shootout with law enforcement proceeded with the...
Around 2 am on June 2, 1899, Notoriously five masked members of the Wild Bunch stopped the Union Pacific overland Flyer near Wilcox, Wyoming. Two of the train cars that carried tourist sleeper and a private car were separated. The train pulled forward about two miles...
On April 22, 1897, Audaciously, in one of the most daring daylight robberies, Butch Cassidy, Elza Lay, Bob Meeks, and Joe Walker robbed the Pleasant Valley Coal Company located at Castle Gate, Utah up Indian Canyon. Days before the Wild Bunch scouted out the town and...
On April 26, 1898, Together Butch Cassidy and Elza Lay came upon the Darling ranch just outside of Vernal with some chickens outside. Hungry, Butch proceeded to shoot the heads off several chickens as he rode in the yard. Mrs. Darling came screaming out of the house...
On August 2, 1896, Normally elusive Matt Warner was ambushed by three men while he was helping a miner move his camp in the Uintas in Eastern Utah. Warner, whose horse was shot out from under him, returned fire, killing two of the men and severely injuring the third....
Dry Fork Gunflight In the 1880s the Dyer Mine was successfully mining thousands of pounds of copper ore from its mine in the Uinta Mountains. The success of the Dyer Mine led to nearly every man in the territory itching to find copper and to get rich. In nearby Dry...
Shortly after being released from prison in Laramie, Wyoming for stealing horses, Butch Cassidy purchased a Colt Single Action Army Revolver from the Ashley Co-Op which was a hardware store located on Vernal's Main Street in 1896. In the early 1900's in an...