| 1890 - Dan
Parker, Robert LeRoy Parker's brother, receives life in prison for
robbing U.S. Mail. |
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| July
10, 1890 - Wyoming officially becomes a state. |
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| April 1891 - The
Sundance Kid is charged with
cruelty to animals in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The charges are
later dropped. |
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| August 1891 - Robert
LeRoy Parker (hereafter referred to as Butch Cassidy) purchases
three stolen horses in Wyoming. |
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| October 8, 1891 -
Wallowa National Bank robbery in Enterprise, Oregon. |
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| November 1891 - The
Sundance Kid attends wedding of Everett C. Johnson as best man. |
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| February 9, 1892 - Will
Carver marries Viana Byler in San Angelo, Texas. |
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| September 24, 1892
- Benjamin E. Snipes & Co. robbery in Roslyn, Washington. |
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| November 29, 1892
- Great Northern westbound #23 robbery near Malta, Montana. |
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| December 1, 1892 -
The Sundance Kid, Harry Bass,
Bill Madden and Alex Black arrested in Malta, Montana for Great
Northern train robbery. |
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| December 1892 -
Hayda Warner born to Matt and
Rose Warner. |
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| Winter 1892-1893 -
Sundance Kid returns to Calgary to operate the Grand Central Hotel
Saloon with partner Frank Hamilton. |
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| March 4, 1893 -
Grover Cleveland becomes the 24th president of the United States, the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. |
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| June 12, 1893 - Butch
Cassidy & Al Hainer go on trial for horse
theft. |
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| June 19, 1893 -
Second complaint filed against Butch
Cassidy and Al Hainer for horse
theft. |
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| June 22, 1893 - Butch
Cassidy and Al Hainer found not guilty in first of two trials
for horse theft. |
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July 5, 1893 - C.L. "Gunplay"
Maxwell enters prison in Wyoming to
begin a 5 year sentence for grand larceny. |
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| September 7, 1893 - Farmers
& Merchants Bank robbery in Delta, Colorado. |
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| September 7, 1893 - Bill
McCarty and his son, Fred McCarty killed. |
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| October 1893 - The
Union Pacific Railroad files for bankruptcy. |
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| June 1894 - Butch
Cassidy and Al Hainer go on trial for second charge of horse
theft. |
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| July 4, 1894 - Butch
Cassidy is found guilty of horse
theft and sentenced to two years in Wyoming State Penitentiary.
Al Hainer is found not guilty and released. |
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| July 15, 1894 - Butch
Cassidy Wyoming State Penitentiary as prisoner #187. |
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| December 27, 1894 -
Harvey Logan kills Pike Landusky in Landusky, Montana. |
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| December 12, 1895
- John N. "Jap" Powers killed in Knickerbocker, Texas. Will
Carver and Sam Ketchum
named as suspects. |
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| 1896 - C.L.
"Gunplay" Maxwell released from prison. |
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| January 6, 1896
- Butch Cassidy receives pardon from
Wyoming governor William A. Richards. |
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| January 19, 1896
- Butch Cassidy released from
prison. |
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| May 7, 1896 -
Matt Warner, Bill Wall and E.B.
Coleman involved in shootout with
Ike & Dick Staunton and David Milton. |
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| August 13, 1896 -
Bank of Montpelier robbery in Montpelier, Idaho. |
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| August 6, 1896 -
The Ketchum Gang makes
unsuccessful attempt to rob bank in Nogales, Arizona. |
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| Winter
1896 to 1897 - Butch Cassidy, Elzy Lay,
Maude Davis and possibly the Sundance Kid,
Etta Place and Ann Basset stay in
Robbers Roost. |
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| Thanksgiving 1896
- Members of the Wild Bunch
reportedly celebrate Thanksgiving with the Bassett
family in Brown's Park, Utah. |
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| September 21, 1896 -
Matt Warner and William Wall convicted of manslaughter. E.B. Coleman is acquitted. |
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| March 7, 1897 -
William McKinley becomes the 25t president of the United States. |
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| April 21, 1897 -
Pleasant Valley Coal Company payroll robbery in Castle Gate, Utah. |
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| May 14, 1897 -
Southern Pacific train robbery in Lozier, Texas. |
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June 15, 1897 - Charley
Guild's saloon robbed. Henry Wilbur
"Bub" Meeks charged with the crime. |
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| June 28, 1897 -
Butte County Bank robbery in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. |
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| July 28, 1897 -
Wanted poster released for Belle Fourche robbery offering $625.00
for each man who participated in the robbery. |
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| September 3, 1897 -
Colorado & Southern Flyer Gulf
Express robbed in Folsom, New Mexico. |
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| September 7, 1897 -
Bub Meeks sentenced to 35 years for the Montpelier bank
robbery. |
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| September 22, 1897 -
The Sundance Kid, Harvey Logan and
Walt Punteney arrested near
Lavina, Montana. |
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| October 31, 1897 -
The
Sundance Kid, Harvey Logan,
Walt Punteney, and Tom O'Day escape from
Deadwood, South Dakota jail. |
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| November 2, 1897 -
Walt Punteney and Tom O'Day
recaptured near Spearfish, South Dakota. |
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| November 7, 1897 -
Bub Meeks begins sentence in the Idaho State Penitentiary. |
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| December 9, 1897 -
The Ketchum Gang makes
unsuccessful attempt to rob a Southern Pacific train near Stein's
Pass, New Mexico. |
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| December 1897 -
Dan Parker is pardoned by President William McKinley after serving 7
years of a life sentence for robbing the U.S. mail. |
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| April 24, 1898 -
The United States declares war on Spain. |
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| May 19, 1898 -
Utah Advocate reports Sheriff C.W. Allred and posse has killed Butch
Cassidy and Joe Walker. |
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| May 1898 - Butch
Cassidy attends funeral for Joe Walker and "Butch
Cassidy." |
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| 1898 - Butch
Cassidy and Elzy Lay employed
by the WS Ranch in Alma, New Mexico. |
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| July 14, 1898 -
Southern Pacific train robbery just outside Humboldt, Nevada. |
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| April 3, 1899 -
Club Saloon robbery in Elko, Nevada. |
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| June 2, 1899 -
Union Pacific Overland Flyer train robbery near Wilcox, Wyoming. |
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| June 5, 1899 -
Carbon County Sheriff Joseph Hazen shot by Harvey
Logan. |
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| June 5, 1899 -
Carbon County Sheriff Joseph Hazen dies. |
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| July 11, 1899 -
Colorado & Southern Flyer train robbery in Folsom, New
Mexico. |
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| July 16, 1899 -
Posse confronts Folsom train robbers. Sheriff Edward Farr of Huerfano County, New Mexico is shot and
killed, Sam Ketchum and Elzy
Lay wounded. |
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| July 24, 1899 - Sam
Ketchum dies of blood poisoning in Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
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| August 16, 1899 -
"Black Jack" Ketchum attempts to rob a Colorado Southern
train single-handedly near Folsom, New Mexico. |
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| August 16, 1899 -
"Black Jack" Ketchum arrested. |
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| August 22, 1899 -
Elzy Lay arrested by Eddy County, New Mexico Sheriff M.C. Stewart. |
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| October 10, 1899 -
Elzy Lay sentenced to life in prison. |
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