The Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site
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Our first stop was in Laramie, Wyoming. We took the tour of the prison where Butch Cassidy was a prisoner in his early years. Butch was released before his term was complete on the promise that he wouldn’t rob any banks in Wyoming. Unfortunately, the governor forgot to make him promise to leave trains alone.
Our gang managed to get out of the prison before anyone recognized us so even Loco Weed got out without being locked up. That night we camped in the Medicine Bow National Forest.
The next day, we stopped at the ghost site of Wilcox where the Wild Bunch held up a train June 2 of 1899. It’s just a sign post along side the railroad tracks now.
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