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- No, this isn't a photo of the Sundance Kid As Americans recognized Black History Month in February, an incorrect claim about a famous outlaw appeared on Facebook. "The ‘Sundance Kid’ was an outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch in the American Old West," reads the text over what looks like an old portrait of a black man and woman.
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Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (1867 – November 7, 1908), better known as the Sundance Kid, was an outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch in the American Old West. He likely met Butch Cassidy (real name Robert LeRoy Parker) during a hunting trip in 1883 or earlier.
- Butch Cassidy grew up in a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints family in Utah. Few criminals have reaped as much goodwill – in life and death – as Cassidy.
- Cassidy's pseudonym was inspired by a cattle rustler. While working on a nearby cattle ranch as a teenager, Robert met a man who would alter the course of his life forever.
- Cassidy met the Sundance Kid after a stint in jail. Cassidy, “a big dumb kid who liked to joke” according to friend Josie Bassett, continued his life of crime.
- Thanks to Cassidy's thorough planning, the Wild Bunch pulled off many successful robberies. Cassidy and the Wild Bunch’s notoriety grew as they racked up a staggering average of $35,000 per robbery.
Mar 5, 2019 · "The ‘Sundance Kid’ was an outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch in the American Old West," reads the text over what looks like an old portrait of a black man and woman.
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Oct 20, 2023 · This left the door open for a host of theories that the Sundance Kid was not actually the man killed in the shootout. One intriguing theory claims that the Sundance Kid survived and returned to the United States under an assumed name, William Long (I told you we would get back to this alias).
Apr 29, 2019 · Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, also known as the Sundance Kid, was an outlaw and infamous criminal in the wild west. He was a member of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch, the gang that performed the longest string of successful train and bank robberies in the Wild West.
Apr 2, 2014 · Sundance Kid was an American criminal best known for his train robberies and bank heists with the Wild Bunch gang in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Updated: Oct 20, 2020 (1867-1908)
Sep 23, 2019 · The Sundance Kid led the heist. While the head of the gang, Butch Cassidy, wasn’t there, he had orchestrated the robbery and arranged horse relays to help his men get away.
