They sent the photo to the bank with a thank you note. That may be why we tend to view the western outlaw, rightly or not, as a romantic figure. Butchs sister, LulaBetensen, wrote a book about Cassidys 1925 visit to a house in Circleville, Utah. When Cassidy asked Ogden if he had lost a horse, the boy quickly identified it. I visit his garave quite often. for more information. Famous Outlaw Butch Cassidy - buried treasure worth approximately $72,000 in gold and silver coins were cached approximately ten miles southeast of Castle Dale, in Emery County. He was buried in East Elfers Cemetery, New Port Richey, Florida, United States. He also liked the ladies, and many apparently returned his affections. But it does, http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/i-team-butch-cassidys-grave-may-be-in-nevada/760387469. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. I was 13,traveling Utah and Nevada, when l first discovered Butch,lm almost sixty now,and l still love the storys. Failed to remove flower. i grew up in So. He quickly fled town, followed by a posse. We use cookies for analytics, personalized content and ads. You are half right. He visited central Wyoming, where more than a few people in the Lander area, including one of Cassidy's old girlfriends, said it was Cassidy who spent the summer of 1934 camping out in the Wind River Range, telling tales about the Wild Bunch and digging holes in search of buried loot. "No one who had not been there or done that would know that.". Butch is not buried in the Johnnie Nevada. Southern Utah is one of few places left where the romanticized wild of the American West and magic of the desert still coexist. tries to define some of the boundaries that are reasonable in today's world. I have spent time in Browns Park, Vernal , Baggs any place associated with Butch and would like to know where Butchs ranch is or was located in North Eastern Oregons Baker County. Experiencing the peace of canyon country in the winter is an attraction of its own. Linda King Newell & Vivian Linford Talbot He took the name Butch Cassidy out of respect for a friend named Mike Cassidy, but he became one of the last truly notable outlaws to come out of the Old West. 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. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Otherwise it was just us and the gaping landscape. He wrote: 'The best way to hurt them is through their pocket book. While the Butch Cassidy Hotel and Restaurant still serves up rooms and a meal, and the Butch Cassidy Museum and Antique Store offers up a rather predictable palette, the town these days is perhaps better known as the main staging point for the Paiute Trail, the serpentine all-terrain vehicle trail that winds up and down the mountains surrounding this small town. In 1889, Cassidy returned to Telluride and with three partners stole over $20,000 from the town's San Miguel Valley Bank and fled to Robbers Roost, a hideout in southeastern Utah. ', Maybe. I will put my proof up against any opinion. "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?". I got hooked when I visited his home in Circelville. The manuscript has an ending fit for Hollywood. One of the prevailing beliefs, and one perpetuated by the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, is that Cassidy and the Sundance Kid met their deaths in Bolivia when they were involved in a shoot-out with the local military in 1912. This . 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. It was almost as if Robbers Roost Utah wasnt meant to be found. Try again later. Ott, interview, 1993. The judge offered to "let bygones be bygones" and to seek a pardon for Cassidy from the governor. Butch Cassidy. The History of Garfield County, George LeRoy Parker (Butch Cassidy) upon entrance of the Wyoming Penitentiary July 15, 1894, age 27, So many myths and legends surround the life and demise of Butch Cassidy that it is difficult to sort fact from fiction. Pointer said. Charlie Overfield of the Crown Point/Globe mine told me he met Cassidy as a kid and that his sister did visit his grave near Johnnie. Sundance is killed. A scientist who helped identify the body of Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele says he may have found the remains of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in Bolivia, where legend has it the two died in a shootout. I am at an age now wherein I can look forward to joining their circle. The movie starred Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy and Robert Redford as the Sundance Kid and won four Oscars at the 42nd Academy Awards in 1970. . Neither outlaw claimed the other as his partner, but the two were . There are no volunteers for this cemetery. My consolation is that he is perhaps now in their company, enjoying their reminiscences first hand. Kerry Boren says its not just speculation. Im just glad that people are now seeing that Butch Cassidy didnt die in Bolivia but lived his life. This gang. They found Mrs. Lula Parker Betenson, 86, Butch's youngest sister. Then, using an ingenious scheme, Cassidy and his gang rode hard for several days, employing a series of cached top-quality horses that could ride for hours at high speeds without tiring. The treasure was supposedly hidden in Buckhorn Wash in the Coal Cliffs. About three weeks later, Ogden received visitors at his home in Escalante. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. She spends a lot of time on the original farmland her family has called home since the 1850s and going for walks along the Weber River. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. By May the trio had sold their ranch and fled the encroaching Pinkertons. But the movie was loose on facts, including their deaths, says Lacy. The ranch was never financially successful, but that didn't. I have researched the area for 25 years and been in many of the mines of the district. Southern Utah is one of few places left where the romanticized wild of the American West and magic of the desert still coexist. I live 20 miles south of the Johnnie. He and three cowboys got away with $20,000 by thoroughly casing the joint first. +1 615-771-2040 Borens book includes Cassidy-like photos of Frank Ervin working as a payroll guard in Goldfield, alongside another guard who resembles another Wild Bunch outlaw named ElzyLay. Historians more or less agree that Cassidy was born Robert LeRoy Parker in 1866 in Beaver, Utah, the oldest of 13 children in a Mormon family. AS for education I also have a PHD although mine stands for Pahrump History Detective. There was intrest in Butch about 12 years ago here in Pahrump when I ran the museum. Historians say they are dead. By clicking "I Agree", you consent to the use of cookies. The earliest documentation of Phillips is his marriage to Gertrude Livesay in Adrian, Mich., in 1908, three months after Cassidy's last known letter from Bolivia, according to Pointer. Make plans to come see the most magnificent night sky ever! Mrs. Betenson, 18 years younger than Butch Cassidy -- born Robert LeRoy Parker -- died Monday. Betenson, Butch Cassidy, 18485. AnnBassett visited the Johnnie mine in the 1930s. The first major crime attributed to Cassidy is the robbery of the San Miguel Valley Bank in Telluride, on June 24, 1889. The many reports of later Wyoming sightings have convinced Carol Thiesse, director of the Fremont County Pioneer Museum in Lander. So many opinions, so little proof. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? In 1991, Buck and his wife, Anne Meadows, helped dig up a grave in San Vicente, Bolivia, said to contain the remains of Butch and his sidekick, Harry Longabaugh the Sundance Kid. He took over Glenwood Springs, Co. for a day with the help of his two bodyguards. Exhausted and reluctant, we headed back to the Jeep, Robbers Roost proving once again to be an elusive piece of the Wild Wests lore. You can revoke cookies at anytime at the bottom of the page. Being insulting is easyrefuting you and the other reliable sources for his burial, such as his sister, is a lot more difficult. By continuing to browse this site, you agree to this use. 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. 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. Please feel free to contact me via email: authoroboran@gmail.com. There is a problem with your email/password. 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. ?) Nashville Publicity Group Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Failed to delete memorial. The red sand revealed dried up stream beds and delicate animal bones, remnants of life lost to time. I hike a lot butIm not an expert navigator by any means. He told Ott that while attending a dance in Panguitch he got into a fight with the boyfriend of one of the girls he danced with. Name: Butch Cassidy Birth Year: 1866 Birth date: April 13, 1866 Birth State: Utah Birth City: Beaver Birth Country: United States Gender: Male Best Known For: Outlaw Butch Cassidy, also known. The authors thank Nancy Twitchell for providing them a copy of this. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. We hike, canyoneer, rock climb and go off-road where a century before, only outlaws came to find refuge. Harry Alonzo Longabaugh or better known as the Sundance Kid was Cassidy's main partner in crime during their latter days of robbery. Citation Loading. The ayes and the noes. I appreciate the kind words. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. There is a plethora of tales told about Cassidy and the only thing one can do at best is to review the evidence and to rely on peoples accounts who knew him or knew of him much more intimately than self-appointed experts of these modern times. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Sign up for challenging survival education Utah's great outdoors. In the 80s, Nevada writers DekeLow and his wife Celeste told us that Cassidy had lived and died at the Johnnie mine. Butchs brother Arthur was buried near Johnnie and Butch requested to be buried next to him. DNA testing is unlikely to determine that Phillips, who was cremated, was Cassidy. Lost stories and alternative narratives allow residents and visitors to escape seeing the states past in one solitary way, and to instead view it through a broader lens. Unless one had a guide who knew the entire country, it was impossible to find the place," the manuscript says of the canyon hideout. The dirt road got bumpy quickly. Born Robert Leroy Parker in Beaver, Utah the eldest of Max and Anne Parker's thirteen children. He left the area before cattle barons hunted down cattle-rustling homesteaders in the 1892 Johnson County War. Circleville, in southernmost Piute County, is the Butch Cassidy capital of Utah. www.thetrekplanner.com. In the years following 1884, Roy drifted west to Telluride, Colo., stopping along the way in the back of beyond territory known as the Robber's Roost, which is in the rough foothills of the Henry Mountains. Utah Travel Industry Website, Printable Road Trip Activity Book For Kids, Monument Valley | Highway 163 Scenic Drive, Places to Stay Near Coral Pink Sand Dunes. The clothier pressed charges, but Cassidy was acquitted by a jury. Charles Kelly related the story of sixteen-year-old Harry Ogden from Escalante, who spent his savings to purchase a good horse and a sixty-dollar saddle. They made forays to Green River and Vernal before moving north to Lander, Wyo. This browser does not support getting your location. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. The first robbery credited the Wild Bunch was the August 13, 1896 holdup of a bank in Montpelier, Idaho. The dirt road ahead trailed off to the horizon line and we followed in search of Butch Cassidys Robbers Roost. Cassidy grew up working on ranches around his hometown of Circleville, Utah. Harry Longabaugh, alias the Sundance Kid, came from Pennsylvania. Here are 11 mini-adventures to check off your list next time youre road-tripping through Utah. Sorry! Turn right when you see the brown sign for the Hans Flat Ranger Station. Wild West Outlaw, Folk Figure. Betenson was 41 when Cassidy returned home. It is one of the most enduring stories to emerge from the American Wild West. The two were married in May, 1908. Butch Cassidy was born on month day 1866, at birth place, . Butch Cassidy and his crew of bandits, The Wild Bunch, were known to frequent Robbers Roost in Utah after heists. Men like Butch Cassidy, Elza Lay, Harry Longabaugh (the Sundance Kid), and Matt Warner became bandits, robbing banks and trains and giving at least some of the money to the poor. Presumably buried in California, Oregon, Spokane, Nevada, or Salt Lake City cemeteries, or on a hilltop in Utah's Piute County, how can one extract fact from fiction? 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. In the 80's, Nevada writers Deke Low and his wife Celeste told us that Cassidy had lived and died at the Johnnie mine. Resend Activation Email. I really appreciate everybodys opinion. 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. It was a Hiko miner named Mackey who located the property a month after Montgomery located the Chispa mine 4 mile away. The rest of Cassidy's life is mere speculation. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. But things went downhill, and Phillips was close to bankrupt. Pointer insists that Cassidy, as Phillips, was writing fiction. 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. Butch Cassidy's Lost Loot is the 5th episode in Season 4 of Expedition Unknown. Kerry Ross Boren is an acknowedged expert on the West, especially Western bad men and especially on Butch Cassidy. The gang split up, and Butch fled to northern Wyoming, where he persuaded a rancher to hire him temporarily. Butch Cassidy. We backtracked about 16 miles north from Hanksville, keeping an eye out for a sign leading to a ranger station just before theGoblin Valley State Parkturnoff. They suggest that after making it big in Bolivian train, payroll and bank robberies, Cassidy sailed to Europe, got a facelift, moved back to America, married, then became an entrepreneur in Washington. Here are 10 family-friendly hikes, two per national park, you cannot miss. Its very difficult to prove anything where outlaws are concerned, said Kerry Ross Boren. 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. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Cassidy's parents were Mormons who had emigrated from England. 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. Historians more or less agree that Cassidy was born Robert LeRoy Parker in 1866 in Beaver, Utah, the oldest of 13 children in a Mormon family. GREAT NEWS! In her book, 'Butch Cassidy, My Brother,' she cites several encounters with Cassidy by numerous family friends long after 1908. Butch and wild bunch fanatic. After a trip back to Europe, Cassidy returned to the United States, this time with the name William Phillips. Indeed, there are more all-terrain vehicles on Main Street during the summer than there are horses. The bandits then made their way over a choice hideout, Brown's Park, along the Green River at the Utah-Wyoming border. As was their standard response to pursuit, the gang split up. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. These days, Butch Cassidy might have trouble recognizing his hometown of Circleville. FILE - This image provided by the Nevada Historical Society shows the famous group portrait taken in Fort Worth, Texas shortly after Butch Cassidy and his gang robbed the Einnemucca, Nev., bank in 1900. According to Boren and others, Cassidys trail came to an end at the isolated mining site, the Johnnie mine in Nye County. The pair and Sundance's lover escape to Bolivia leaving it buried, somewhere, behind. Read all Director Ryan Little Writer Forensic anthropologist Clyde Snow said in a recent interview he is ``guardedly optimistic'' that the bones uncovered in a cemetery in the Andean village of San Vicente last month are those of the . "That's just really exciting to me because this is really ephemeral stuff," he said. Butch Cassidy's cabin in the Chubut Province of Argentina Rowanda/CC BY-SA 3.0 A wood cabin in the Lake District of Argentine Patagonia is the perfect place to retire. A lost manuscript reveals new evidence that Butch Cassidy survived the 1908 shoot-out during which he was thought to have been killed and lived to an old age, anonymously, in Washington state. Copyright 2023 Utah Office of Tourism. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. In his story, Redford wrote: 'As technology thrusts us relentlessly into the future, I find myself, perversely, more interested in the past. Claims that the dead men were Cassidy and Longabaugh have never been proved despite modern forensic examination of the remains. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. I have acquired a photo of him taken in 1932 with secure provenance. Multi-Platinum Country Artist Sara Evans Launches Born to Fly CBD Product Line, National Archives Apologizes and Agrees to Preliminary Injunction Prohibiting Further Pro-Life Targeting, New Book on Christian Leadership Examines How Fearing God Builds Stronger Leaders. WilliamPhillips of Spokane looked enough like an older Cassidy to fool some of his former associates, and historians, at least for a while. Josh immerses himself in Wild West lore on a quest to find Butch Cassidy's missing money; he traces the iconic outlaw's footsteps through Colorado, Utah and Nevada, eventually learning he may have to find the man himself to locate the lost loot. All Right Reserved. In the popular 1969 movie about the outlaw, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," the gang of outlaws Cassidy is played by Paul Newman flees to South America and dies in a shootout in . We use cookies on our website. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. She was principally the companion of Longabaugh. (Photo: Steven Law) In 1908, two outlaws were killed during a gunfight with Bolivian police. 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. Verify and try again. For example an Indian named Johnnie did not guide George Montgomery to the mine. Details: Robert Parker was born in Beaver, Utah in 1866 at the same time Jesse James was leading his first bank raid. 82 ft. Butch Cassidy Butch Cassidy's Hideout Central Utah Robbers Roost San Rafael Swell Springs Trek Planner Insider Utah. Butch Cassidy Draw is the first major drainage area east of the two tunnels that motorists on Utah Highway 12 pass through today. Capitol Reef National Park in Utah is a designated International Dark Sky Park. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. 49 Emma Allene Savage Riddle, autobiography, undated typescript, 1. Learn more about merges. Wrote a book on Phil Foote I am tryng to get published. Well I for one appreciate anyone who has the tenacity to dig through these old cold cases. Ive always felt that considering multiple perspectives, experiences and stories will continuously bring us closer to having an authentic understanding of a place. With a little extra planning, good layers, and the right equipment, however, you can enjoy Utah's national parks in the solitude of winter. There was as big strike, said UNLV Professor RalphRoske. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. They will Holler louder than if you cut off both legs. Betenson says the exact date when he died and where he is buried is a closely-guarded family secret. There were 2,129 press releases posted in the last 24 hours and 368,663 in the last 365 days. Newsmatics Scenic, high-elevation trail systems like . I would appreciate you contacting me. Year should not be greater than current year. Whatever the case, the story makes people think, which a healthy exercise. He robbed his first bank in 1889 in Telluride,. Funny isnt it, how people can easily accept killing but cant believe anyone would fake their death. John, you are a font of history and I value your opinion above most others. During this time, Cassidy and his gang established what would become their greatest hideout, the Hole-In-The-Wall, in central Wyoming. Try again. Small cattle operations were crippled by the loss of stock, and larger operations paid a premium for rustled cattle. "Bandit Invincible" also describes how Ed Seeley, a rustler and prospector, told Cassidy's gang how to find a remote hideout in northern Wyoming's Bighorn Canyon. Two full grown mountain lions. Most of the manuscript's accounts bear little resemblance to known Wild Bunch exploits. 80% sure Butch did not die in South America. Much of what is written in the internet regarding Johnnie in wrong. In 2003 Walmart built over the old cemetery and did not remove the graves. She did so only because she "didn't want the notoriety," Pointer said William R. Phillips told him. Back in 1984, the I-Team interviewed Nevada historians who thought it likely that Cassidy would have been there. On that occasion he told members of his family that a friend, Percy Seibert, from the Concordia Tin Mines near San Vicente, Bolivia, identified the two bodies as being those of him and Sundance. The three were members of the outlaw gang known as Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch. A collector of rare books and documents has obtained a manuscript with new evidence that Butch Cassidy wasnt killed in a 1908 shootout in Bolivia but returned to the U.S. and lived on in Washington State for almost three decades. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Take a trip to this trio of Capitol Reef-area reservoirs where you can swim, fish, kayak and cool-off. CIRCLEVILLE, Utah [AP] -- Lula Parker Betenson, younger sister of the legendary cowboy outlaw Butch Cassidy, has died in a Panguitch hospital at the age of 96. Now travelers from all over the globe know the small market and counter-service restaurant at Mesa Farm as a refreshing must-do respite seemingly plunked in the middle of nowhere on Highway 24 east of Capitol Reef National Park. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. We walked out into the desert where Butch is buried. The unexpected encounter jolted us back to the mission at hand. Sundance died in 1957 and is buried in Casper, Wyo., under the name of Harry Long. . Reportedly Butch rehearsed for those gathered how he came to lead his life. Mr. Ross is full of it. The robbers rode off and buried there take somewhere nearby. The directions they gave us were, again, vague. They did it in ITALY at the Catacombs, they would do it here. During the drive my anticipation for our upcoming adventure grew as I thought through the logistics: to prepare, I had searched online for directions and clues as to where I might find the Roost. 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