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October 2002 issue
The
Sundance Kid
After stealing a horse from a ranch in Sundance, Wyo., Harry Longabaugh
took on the name "the Sundance Kid." Learn more about this colorful
companion of Butch Cassidy.
The Pinkertons
Allan Pinkerton and his detectives from the Pinkerton Agency put some
heat on Butch Cassidy and his outlaw gang, known as the Wild Bunch. Learn
more about the Pinkertons.
Outlaw
for Dinner
You have been given the ability to invite one Wild West outlaw out
to dinner with you. Don't worry, you won't be robbed or killed. Who would
you choose?
Frederick
W. Benteen: Custer's Nemesis
Major Frederick W. Benteen served under George Custer in what can best
be described as an acrimonious relationship. Learn more about this courageous
officer.
Gunslingers
Who were the legends of the Old West and what did they actually do? Some
were heroes but many were outlaws. However, they all reserved their place
in
history.
THN Exclusive
Confrontation
on the Sweetwater
A few months after the Battle of the Washita, Lt. Col. George Custer had
a bloodless confrontation with Cheyennes in the Texas Panhandle.
The
Last Days of Butch and Sundance
After fleeing to Argentina, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid blazed
a new outlaw trail that ended in a shootout high in the Bolivian Andes.
The Many Deaths of Butch
and Sundance
Because Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid disappeared into anonymous
graves, their deaths were not widely reported in the United States until
1930. In the meantime, wild stories of their demise sprouted on three
continents.
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