1889 June 2: The Wild Bunch
Exhibit 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.
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Robert LeRoy Parker aka Butch Cassidy (Public Domain)
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)
The Wild Bunch blew up the train's safe and totally destroyed the rail car in the process (Public Domain)