Robert LeRoy Parker (April 13, 1866 – November 7, 1908), better known as Butch Cassidy, [1] was an American train and bank robber and the leader of a gang of criminal outlaws known as the "Wild …

Dec 29, 2025 · Butch Cassidy, American outlaw and foremost member of the Wild Bunch, a collection of bank and train robbers who ranged through the western United States in the 1880s and ’90s.

Sep 16, 2025 · The movie ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford as the infamous outlaws. What actually happened to them remains a mystery.

Butch Cassidy, initially named Robert Leroy Parker, was a notorious robber in late 19th and early 20th century America. He teamed up with various other criminals such as Harry Longabaugh (the …

Butch Cassidy and three other men rob a Telluride, Colorado bank on June 24, 1889. This robbery is the first major crime attributed to Cassidy, who would go on to become a notorious bank and train …

Robert Leroy Parker, better known as Butch Cassidy, was a train and bank robber who led the Wild Bunch gang of outlaws who operated throughout Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.

On November 7, 1908, Bolivian authorities claimed that two foreign bandits were killed in a shootout in San Vicente, a dusty mining settlement high in the Andes. The men were believed to be Robert …

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid robbed trains, banks and stole horses in the 1890s Wild West. Their characters were immortalised in the 1969 film bearing their name and starring the 60’s film …

Born Robert Parker, he acquired the name “Butch” while working as a cowboy in the early 1890s. The surname “Cassidy” comes from an outlaw named Mike Cassidy who taught Parker how to rustle …

Butch Cassidy. Born Robert Leroy Parker in Beaver, Utah, in 1866, the outlaw later to become famous as Butch Cassidy (he took the name Butch because he was once a butcher and the name Cassidy in …