I was glad to hear you have written a book about him. We finally stopped in Hanksville, a remote outpost just off of the junction of two beautifulscenic byways Capitol Reef Country Scenic Byway (Highway 24 to the west) and Bicentennial Highway Scenic Byway (Highway 95) to fuel up and ask a local for more accurate directions. The robbers rode off and buried there take somewhere nearby. I smell a hit! Most of the manuscript's accounts bear little resemblance to known Wild Bunch exploits. By the early 1900s, Cassidy took up residence in South America and the Wild Bunch left Robbers Roost abandoned in the desert for good. Utah book collector Brent Ashworth and Montana author Larry Pointer say the text contains the best evidence yet with details only Cassidy could have known that "Bandit Invincible" was not biography but autobiography, and that Phillips himself was the legendary outlaw. If you want to know what Mars looks like then the dramatic terrain of Capitol Reef National Park and the surrounding lands are a good place to start. Butch is not buried in the Johnnie Nevada. We walked out into the desert where Butch is buried. Cassidy was one of the first to break ground on the Outlaw Trail, a meandering ghostlike path that began in Mexico, ran through Utah, and ended in Montana. I am glad to make your acquaintance. Your help is welcome. In the 80's, Nevada writers Deke Low and his wife Celeste told us that Cassidy had lived and died at the Johnnie mine. Weve updated the security on the site. In her autobiography, Emma Allene Savage Riddle recalled her experience: One day I went with Dad to visit Elijah Moore. It all gave me the ethereal feeling of being inside of an impressionistic pastel painting with blurred lines all around and only color to orient me to where I was. The large pulley wheel that was involved in the accident that killed Butch Cassidy has been removed from the mine site. Finding Helper at a time when she needed it the most, landscape artist Anne Kaferle has put down roots in Utah, thanks to plein-air painting and the healing power of time alone in the landscape. We decided to stop and hike around again. Cassidy figured Seibert did this so he could make a new start for himself without being chased by the law, either in the United States or in South America. Butch Cassidy then ordered the outlaw off the horse and told him to start walking toward a distant gap in the hills and keep on going. He then said, We dont have any room in this country for a man who will mistreat a young boy.46. Newsmatics We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. The Parker family established a ranch near Circleville, Utah in 1879, but a local Mormon bishop found against them in a land dispute, leaving the family financially pressed. Exhausted and reluctant, we headed back to the Jeep, Robbers Roost proving once again to be an elusive piece of the Wild Wests lore. Butch Cassidy spent the rest of his life as a trapper and prospector in Alaska, Wyoming and Washington State. Also deriding a person educational background really has nothing to do with his death either. The 200-page manuscript, "Bandit Invincible: The Story of Butch Cassidy," which dates to 1934, is twice as long as a previously known but unpublished novella of the same title by William T. Phillips, a machinist who died in Spokane in 1937. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. There was intrest in Butch about 12 years ago here in Pahrump when I ran the museum. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. One of the men was Butch Cassidy, another was the outlaw who had stolen Ogdens horse and was still riding it. Calimaty Janes father was killed in a gunfight here at Piedmont, WY. On April 21, 1897, the famous outlaw bank robber, Butch Cassidy, left the now-famous hideout of the Wild Bunch called Robbers Roost. As you visit, do your part to keep Utah Forever Mighty. Did Butch Cassidy, the notorious Old West outlaw who most historians believe perished in a 1908 shootout in Bolivia, actually survive that battle and live to old age, peacefully and. A fire pit in the remote backcountry, but not Robber's Roost. The remote and unpredictable landscape is exactly what made this an ideal place for a hideout during Cassidys day. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. According to Colorado legend, the infamous outlaw Butch Cassidy has buried thousands of dollars in Colorado and it's just waiting to be found. She was principally the companion of Longabaugh. When his father lost their property, Cassidy turned to cattle . Still the information provided made it look like a manageable quest. "Who else would have remembered it in that kind of detail about an offer of a handshake and refusing it in a prison in Wyoming in 1895?". After his release, he formed the outlaw gang known as the Wild Bunch which included such men as Harvey Logan, News Carver and Harry Longabaugh, the Sundance Kid. IE 11 is not supported. We ride with the outlaws because they had the nerve to buck the system, whether or not they were victimized by it. True story. Our only company was some area wildlife the occasional antelope and meandering groups of grazing cattle. Former Wild Bunch girlfriends Ann and JosieBassett both verified the story. He traces the iconic outlaw's footsteps through Colorado, Utah and Nevada, eventually learning that he may need to find the man himself to locate the lost loot. A lost manuscript claims that the . It starred Robert Redford as the Sundance Kid and Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy. The Carlisle, actually, was close to Robber's Roost, and it was here where Butch camped out for a night or two before and after the Telluride holdup. Most definitely. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Kerry Boren says its not just speculation. EIN Presswire's priority is source transparency. Discover some of the most picturesque places to photograph in Southern Utah, and learn some tips for how to shoot and travel responsibly. Outlaw researcher KerryRoss Boren has spent decades trying to unravel the dozens of competing theories that have clouded the story of Butch and Sundance. Yeah, Kerry. John, you are a font of history and I value your opinion above most others. They sent the photo to the bank with a thank you note. Try again later. After spending a few years in a gloomy prison in Wyoming, Cassidy returned to rustling, this time along the Utah-Arizona border. What refuses to die is the legend that they survived. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. The Parker family established a ranch near Circleville, Utah in 1879, but a local Mormon bishop found against them in a land dispute, leaving the family financially pressed. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Elijah introduced us to them and one of them was an outlaw by the name of Leroy Parker, alias Butch Cassidy. The sequence of his exploits as he reportedly related them to those gathered in the Moore home does not agree with what has been written by others, and so the stories and speculation continue. They found Mrs. Lula Parker Betenson, 86, Butch's youngest sister. He had spent three days with Sundance Kid that spring. As a user, if you see something we have missed, please do bring it to our attention. "The majority of those who were there believed that, believed it was him that came back," said Bill Betenson, who recalled that his great-grandmother, Lula Parker Betenson, used to talk about the visit by a man she identified as her brother, Cassidy. The rest of Cassidy's life is mere speculation. Maybe. A draw in Red Canyon today bears Cassidys name. I am at an age now wherein I can look forward to joining their circle. Born Robert LeRoy Parker in Beaver, Utah on April 13, 1866, Cassidy was the first of 13 children. SALT LAKE CITY Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid met their maker in a dusty Bolivian town on Nov. 6, 1908. Privately their records show they were still looking for them into the 1920s and William A. Pinkerton, head of the Pinkerton agency, declared that neither of the two men had died in South America, and the case was still open, Boren said. In February 1905, two English-speaking bandits, purportedly Cassidy and Longabaugh, held up the Banco de Tarapac y Argentino. He also liked the ladies, and many apparently returned his affections. Narrowly escaping (Cassidy even claimed to have shared a hotel room with a sheriff who was hunting for him but apparently never got a good look at him) Cassidy headed south then west again, where he met the gang and planned perhaps their greatest robbery, the $8,800 heist of the Pleasant Valley Coal Company payroll. Over the years metal detecting enthusiasts have uncovered a number of treasures, including; underground stolen money (1946), pirate treasure (1952), a lost gold mine (1966) and an alleged J.F.K assassination . Nashville Publicity Group There was a train robbery held here in broad daylight. A brother and sister of Cassidy's insisted he visited them at a family ranch near Circleville, Utah, in 1925. "No one who had not been there or done that would know that.". Oops, we were unable to send the email. So, did Butchs sister LulaParker Betensen. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. (AP Photo/Nevada Historical Society, File). But things did not go well in Circleville for the Parker family - Roy's dad, Maximilian, lost land to another homesteader in a property rights dispute - and Roy ended up looking to a shady local rancher, Mike Cassidy, in admiration. I still check on it periodically. We use cookies on our website. But Butch escapes to Europe, has plastic surgery in Paris, and schemes to return to the U.S. and reunite with an old girlfriend from Wyoming. After a trip back to Europe, Cassidy returned to the United States, this time with the name William Phillips. Wallace Ott, interview with Linda King Newell, 4 July 1995, transcript in possession of authors. Advertisement. The debates about whether Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid really died in 1908 likely would be less famous were it not for the classic film Butch Cassidy and the . Reportedly Butch rehearsed for those gathered how he came to lead his life. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. The explanation given by Butchs daughter Thelma was that her father said that star had guided him home during his life and should guide him home at his death. The Wild Bunch robbed trains, banks, and payrolls, building an enduring reputation in less than five years. Dont thank me for that. It is said that Butch Cassidy buried loot on or near Wild Mountain, and another $50,000 near Powder Springs in the northwest corner of Colorado. Disappointment tried to creep in, but I couldnt be upset with having a reason to come back again to one of Utahs truly wild places. Mr. Boren is the expert on Butch, but if I may help you with the Johnnie, Chispa or surrounding mines (or history of the area) please contact me personally. "These weren't hayseed, duped ignorant people. Resend Activation Email. The clothier pressed charges, but Cassidy was acquitted by a jury. My consolation is that he is perhaps now in their company, enjoying their reminiscences first hand. The Wild Bunch spent many months preparing to rob the train payroll in Castle Gate. When out riding along the border of Robbers Roost in 1898, an outlaw on a jaded mount forced young Ogden off his horse, gave the boy a quick kick in the pants, then rode off on Ogdens animal. A new cidery, established in the historic orchard lands of Central Utah, draws upon the paradoxical story of its namesakes outlaw life running around with Butch Cassidys Wild Bunch. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Verify and try again. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. "At the end of the 19th century, Butch, Sundance, and their gang, the . Hard work? He says, Cassidy lived in Goldfield under the name Frank Ervin, that he wrote three letters from Goldfield to the daughter of his former Wild Bunch partner Matt Warner. The next morning, law enforcement entered the building and found two foreigners dead on the floor. 46 Kelly, Outlaw Trail, 16869. Back in 1976, in a story for National Geographic, Robert Redford followed the Outlaw Trail. "What's really remarkable to me is that, who else cares?" But always up for an adventure, we remained confident we could locate the hideout. Learn more about merges. Book is huge More of an encyclopedia. We eventually came to a campground, thinking it was possibly the one on the map that appeared to be near Robbers Roost. "It [the novella] doesn't bear a great deal of relationship to Butch Cassidy's real life, or Butch Cassidy's life as we know it." Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: The Movie. Butch Cassidy and his crew of bandits, The Wild Bunch, were known to frequent Robbers Roost in Utah after heists. The graves of the banditos yanquis became something of a tourist attraction, but when a world-famous DNAdetective analyzed the remains in the 1990s, it was proven conclusively the dead men were not Butch and Sundance. Utah state officials are going to spend $138,000 to restore a decaying wood cabin in Piute County that has become a tourist spot because it's believed to be the boyhood home of outlaw Butch Cassidy. Buck insists they married several months before a documented Bolivian shootout that probably was the one in which Butch and Sundance were killed. But for the better part of the next 20 years, his Wild Bunch gang held up banks and trains across the West and in South America. And did he pen an autobiography detailing his exploits while cleverly casting the book as biography under another name? Butch Cassidy is perhaps Utah's most notorious - and beloved - outlaw, whose romantic reputation as a "Robin Hood of the West" complicates our ideas about the value of an "honest living.". Wild West Outlaw, Folk Figure. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. DNA testing revealed the bones weren't the outlaws, but Buck, a writer who lives in Washington, D.C., said his research proved the two indeed died in a shootout with Bolivian cavalry in 1908. By 1884, Roy was rustling cattle from Parowan (just over the Markagunt Plateau) and his life on the lam had begun. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Southern Utah is one of few places left where the romanticized wild of the American West and magic of the desert still coexist. He took over Glenwood Springs, Co. for a day with the help of his two bodyguards. "It doesn't bear a great deal of relationship to Butch Cassidy's real life, or Butch Cassidy's life as we know it.". In 1901, Cassidy and Longabaugh threw off pursuers by traveling to New York City with Longabaugh's paramour, former prostitute, Etta Place. It was a Hiko miner named Mackey who located the property a month after Montgomery located the Chispa mine 4 mile away. Cant help it. WilliamPhillips of Spokane looked enough like an older Cassidy to fool some of his former associates, and historians, at least for a while. In the United States there is no known grave for the public and his supporters to visit. In 1894, he was arrested for stealing horses and imprisoned in the Wyoming State Prison in Laramie where he served 18 months of a two-year sentence. Details: Robert Parker was born in Beaver, Utah in 1866 at the same time Jesse James was leading his first bank raid. The first of 13 children, Robert Leroy Parker was born in Beaver, Utah, in 1866, raised by Mormon pioneer parents on the family ranch in nearby Circleville and left home at 12. The letter relates how Cassidy seemed to harbor "ill-will" and didn't accept the "friendly advances" of another judge, Jay Torrey, who'd visited Cassidy in prison. His parents moved over the mountains to Circleville in 1879 and young Roy, as he was known about the house, worked in ranches across western Utah, including at Hay Springs, near Milford. Betenson claims that after visiting family . The day to head south came quickly, and with the Jeep fully stocked with water and supplies, my husband, Mike, and I left our home in Ogden early in the morning excited for the upcoming adventure. Try the goat cheese! According to Boren and others, Cassidys trail came to an end at the isolated mining site, the Johnnie mine in Nye County. His sister knew where he was burried, She would NOT tell anyone the Exact spoy, because ,people would dig him up for souvineers.. The outlaws reportedly tried ranching and mining before returning to robbery. The first known time he holed up at the Roost was in 1889 after a robbery in Telluride, Colorado, making away with $21,000 close to what would be $500,000 today. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. The Parker family established a ranch near Circleville, Utah in 1879, but a local Mormon bishop found against them in a land dispute, leaving the family financially pressed. Parker began dabbling in rustling under the tuition of a . Immersed in our hunt, we were surprised to realize that the time we had allotted to look for the Roost was nearly up if we wanted to make it back to Moab before sundown. Cassidy is supposedly buried in dozens of spots around the United States, Europe, Central and South America, often reported as dying and being buried more than once in one locale. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Try again later. 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