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| Page 3 of the October 1996 ISSUE OF PASS PATROL CAMPFIRE TALES The September issue included here contains the stories and not the advertisements. Keep in mind, the stories here were written in 1996. |
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OUTLAW TRAIL SPOOF |
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As one story goes, Butch Cassidy had made a deal with railroad officials. If they would hire the Wild Bunch as on-board guards for the trains, there would be no more train robberies. All the officials had to do was meet Cassidy at Lost Soldier Pass to sign an agreement. Unfortunately, the officials were caught in a bad storm and missed the meeting with Butch. Butch didn't know about the storm and figured he had been double-crossed. He rounded up the gang and headed for Tipton. If you saw the movie titled, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", you saw the railroad car explode as Sundance asked, "Think you used enough dynamite there Butch?" The express car at Tipton was destroyed in that same fashion. According to another book written from stories told by Kid Curry, Butch and Sundance were not involved in the Tipton Train Robbery. According to that book, Kid Curry and some of his pals pulled the heist copying the style Butch Cassidy used to rob the Wilcox train one year earlier. The express car at Wilcox was also blown apart while getting the safe open. We left Laramie and headed north to swing past Wilcox. All that is left today is a sign beside the tracks with Wilcox written on it. That robbery occurred June 2, 1899. Our next stop was at the museum in Medicine Bow. A book written about the area inspired a weekly TV series called the, "Virginian". The museum contains photos and information about that series. Our next stop was in Tipton. There are two theories as to the getaway route. Some tales claim Butch Cassidy headed for Hole in the Wall. Kid Curry, who claims Cassidy wasn't even there, says he headed south. |
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