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- A collector of rare books and documents has obtained a manuscript with new evidence that Butch Cassidy wasn’t killed in a 1908 shootout in Bolivia but returned to the U.S. and lived on in Washington State for almost three decades.
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Jan 14, 1996 · Most historians believe that Butch and Sundance died in a shootout in San Vincente, a town in Bolivia, across Argentina’s northern border, where a patrol discovered them holed up in a...
Dec 16, 2022 · Sundance’s rash act in Antofagasta set in motion the series of events that led, three years later, to their death in a shootout with a Bolivian army unit, fictionalised in the film’s famous ...
Sep 12, 2011 · The legend of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid says the two notorious outlaws died in a gunfight in Bolivia. But many southern Utahns in Cassidy's boyhood home say he faked his death,...
- Cassidy's Pseudonym Was Inspired by A Cattle Rustler
- Cassidy Met The Sundance Kid After A Stint in Jail
- Engineer William T. Phillips Claimed He Was The Real Cassidy
While working on a nearby cattle ranch as a teenager, Robert met a man who would alter the course of his life forever. Mike Cassidy, cowboy by trade, outlaw cattle rustler by choice, seems to have indoctrinated the restless Robert into the lucrative business of stealing of livestock. At the age of 18, Robert – probably on the run from crimes commit...
Cassidy, “a big dumb kid who liked to joke” according to friend Josie Bassett, continued his life of crime. In 1896, after a stint in jail, Cassidy went right back to his old ways. It was sometime after his release when Cassidy met a stoic, handsome East Coast-born former cowboy turned outlaw named Harry Longabaugh, aka the Sundance Kid. Cassidy no...
For many years, it was believed that a Spokane engineer named William T. Phillips was in fact Cassidy. He seems to have done everything possible to encourage this theory, even writing a book – Bandit Invincible – about Cassidy’s exploits. He also died in 1937, though Lula claimed he was not Cassidy. It does appear that Phillips was an imposter. His...
Did Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid go down in a hail of bullets in Bolivia like it shows in the famous movie? Or have descendants kept the truth quiet all these years? George Knapp interviews two authors with different opinions.
Aug 16, 2011 · A rare books collector says he has obtained a manuscript with new evidence that Butch Cassidy wasn’t killed in a 1908 shootout in Bolivia but returned to the U.S. and lived peaceably in...
Jul 17, 2020 · The commonly accepted story about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is that they fled to South America and were gunned down in a Bolivian shootout. The marked grave site became a tourist...
