Butch Cassidy

Butch Cassidy was the alias of Robert LeRoy Parker, an American outlaw who led the Wild Bunch gang and robbed banks and trains in the late 19th century.

Sundance Kid: Harry Alonzo Longabaugh was an American outlaw associated with Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch. Longabaugh was Cassidy’s close partner and became the most enduring figure linked to his later years.
Wilcox train robbery: A 1899 Union Pacific train robbery near Wilcox, Wyoming, attributed to the Wild Bunch. The gang’s successful escape after this robbery helped define Cassidy’s most famous period.
Wild Bunch: An outlaw gang active in the American West around the turn of the twentieth century, led by Butch Cassidy. Cassidy’s leadership and the gang’s robberies define his public identity.
Bolivian bandit legend: A tradition identifying Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid with bandits killed in Bolivia in 1908. The legend offers a dramatic ending, though the identification remains disputed.
Harry Tracy: Harry Tracy was an American outlaw active in the Pacific Northwest around the turn of the twentieth century. Unlike Cassidy’s gang-based robberies and later flight, Tracy became notorious through a short, violent manhunt.
Etta Place: Etta Place was a woman associated with the Sundance Kid and the South American years of the outlaw pair. Her relationship to Longabaugh and reported travels with the pair connect her to Cassidy’s escape from the United States.
Telluride bank robbery: A 1889 Colorado bank robbery in which Butch Cassidy and associates stole a large sum of money. It is among the early major robberies associated with Cassidy’s outlaw career.
Cattle rustling: The illegal theft and resale of cattle, a common frontier crime in the American West. Cassidy’s early criminal associations included cattle theft before his gang became famous for robberies.
Death of Butch Cassidy: The unresolved historical question of when and where Butch Cassidy died. Conflicting accounts of his fate have sustained debate about whether he died in Bolivia or returned to the United States.
Jesse James: Jesse James was a nineteenth-century American outlaw and leader of the James–Younger Gang. James’s earlier career offers a prominent comparison for Cassidy’s later outlaw celebrity.

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