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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: September 11, 2015
Caption: Butch Cassidy Robs the Montpelier Bank Marker
Additional Description: Captions: (center left Butch Cassidy, Elza Lay, Bob Meeks; (center right) Modern-day marker in front of the old Bank of Montpelier commemorating the spot where Butch Cassidy and his gang actually pulled off the heist in 1896.; (bottom left) Butch Cassidy's Montpelier Heist re-enactment in the early 1900's in front of the building where it actually happened.; This tourist wanted poster is an example of what dogged Butch Cassidy all the days of his life...and beyond. Mock wanted posters are still available throughout them Bear Lake Vally hoping for tourist to find Cassidy, and finally bring him justice. No one has proven once and for all what happened to Cassidy. Whether he dies in Bolivia in a shoot out or returned to live out his days in the USA, it is sure that his infamous legacy lives on in the history of Bear Lake County.; (bottom center) Photo thought to be of Butch Cassidy; Bank of Montpelier as it is today.; (bottom right) Barbershop chair used at Ed Grenfearn's Barbershop from 1917 to 1971 located next to the old Bank of Montpelier building — currently on display at the Rails and Trails Museum in Montpelier.
Submitted: November 23, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p339249
File Size: 3.693 Megabytes

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