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 Fort Worth, Texas, 1900. Left to right: Sundance Kid, Will Carver, Ben Kilpatrick, Harvey Logan, Butch Cassidy. | |
| Founded by | Butch Cassidy |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Hole-in-the-Wall, Big Horn Mountains, Johnson County, Wyoming |
| Years active | 1899–1901 |
| Territory | Northern Wyoming |
| Ethnicity | European-American |
| Membership (est.) | 19 |
| Criminal activities | Horse and cattle theft, stagecoach and highway robbery, store and bank robbery |
Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch was one of the loosely organized outlaw gangs operating out of the Hole-in-the-Wall, near Kaycee in Wyoming, a natural fortress of caves, with a narrow entrance that was constantly guarded. In the beginning, the gang was referred to as the "Hole in the Wall Gang" during the Old West era in the United States. It was popularized by the 1969 movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and took its name from the original Wild Bunch. The gang was led by Butch Cassidy, and it included his closest friends Elzy Lay, the Sundance Kid, Tall Texan, News Carver, Camilla "Deaf Charley" Hanks, Laura Bullion, Flat-Nose Curry, Kid Curry, and Bob Meeks.[1] They were the most successful train-robbing gang in history.
- ^ Eckhardt, Charley F. (1999). Tales of Badmen, Bad Women, and Bad Places: Four Centuries of Texas Outlawry. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896724204.