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Thursday, December 27, 2007
Montpelier
Waymarking has some pictures up of Montpelier, Idaho - specifically some of the historical markers and a great shot of the old Bank of Montpelier, now a copy shop. Check it out.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The Wild Bunch
The following is partial text of an article sent in by Mike Bell - thanks again Mike and sorry about my tardiness. Jerry Nickle - webmaster of The Sundance Kid & Henry Long - recently sent in another new article that I hope to have transcribed sometime next week. Thanks again to both, and if anyone out there reading this has access to any articles not found on this website, by all means send them in.
"A short time ago there was published in these columns an article concerning the gang of outlawed desperadoes who having found their native health too sultry for them on account of the hue and cry raised by their misdeeds, came to this country for pastures new. The following story of one of their raids was told by one of the bunch to a gentleman at present residing here who has written it out for publication. The Winnemocca Bank Hold Up, as told by one of the Wild Bunch. When the sheriffs of fourteen western states and Pinkerton Detectives read this title, they will put their ears to the ground and go off on a hot trail after yours truly.
So perhaps I had better get on the move, for I know those fellows and know they have a way of sticking to a trail once they have found it that makes a hunted man wish he hadn't done the act. The Wild Bunch had dwindled to a handful, in fact you could count them all on one hand, out of a bunch of twenty hard hitting, straight shooting huskey cyclones that were in business only a few years ago, all were gone except a few of us; most of them went with their boots on; only one of the boys has an address that expires with himself. My funds were getting low, so I drifted over to Powder Springs, Nevada; one of our numerous rendezvouses; where I hoped to find some of the bunch." - More
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Update
As I'm still operating according to my "three weeks late on everything" schedule, I'll have a long overdue article posted by the end of the weekend courtesy of Mike Bell. Thanks again Mike.
Red Desert Rarity
In southwest Wyoming's Sweetwater County, turn south off the blacktop of I-80, navigate the web of dirt roads for a few hours and you'll find it: Adobe Town, with its thousand-foot cliffs, mazes of jagged walls and pinnacles, and cathedrals of stone complete with flying buttresses. The 180,910-acre swath was once home to inhabitants ranging from eight-foot-tall giant ground sloths to Native Americans and legendary outlaws. Now, the state has granted special protection to the area - and as energy development seizes Wyoming, conservationists hope that the feds will follow the state's lead. On Nov. 28, Wyoming's Environmental Quality Council designated Adobe Town as "very rare or uncommon," citing its geologic wonders and fossils, the crucial habitat it provides for big game and sage grouse, and its unique history: Adobe Town was a sacred site for Native religious ceremonies, and Butch Cassidy's Hole-in-the-Wall gang stashed their horses here for an escape after the Tipton train robbery of 1900.
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