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Friday, February 23, 2007
This Date in History
February 23, 1903 - Henry Wilbur "Bub" Meeks makes his second escape attempt from prison. This time he gets as far as the prison gates before being shot in the leg. The wound was bad enough his leg would have to be amputated.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Butch Cassidy...The Race
As one of the Old West's most notorious bank robbers and cattle rustlers, Butch Cassidy spent at least 25 years dodging the law. This weekend, Cassidy's legend as a sheriff-sidestepping crook, who would scurry deep into the hills to evade capture, will be remembered as part of the 2007 Butch Cassidy Ski Chase and Sundance Kid's Race. Rather than running from pistol-toting lawmen, those racing in the annual Nordic event will actually be chased by other skiers in hot pursuit of Butch Cassidy Chase greatness. Unlike the Outlaw trail, a snaking, ghostlike path that linked together a series of outlaw hideouts across the West that Cassidy himself helped create, desperado skaters will whip out their smokin' fast skinny skis on the Mountain Village golf course's Wilson Loop Trail, located west and north of the intersection of Adams Ranch Road and Mountain Village Blvd. - Telluride Watch
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Correction
On the 02/13/07 This Date in History post, I incorrectly listed the date of the Banco de Londres y Tarapaca bank robbery as occuring on 02/13/1905. The robbery actually occured 02/14/1905.
Thanks to Dan Buck for pointing this out.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
This Date in History
February 13, 1905 - Banco de Londres y Tarapaca robbery in Rio Gallegos, Argentina. B
Sunday, February 04, 2007
This Date in History
February 4, 1889 - Harry A. Longabaugh, aka the Sundance Kid, is officially pardoned by Wyoming governor Thomas Moonlight one day before his scheduled release.
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