Robert Leroy Parker was a train robber and outlaw who went by the name of "Butch Cassidy". He was born in 1866 after his parents settled in Mormon country in Utah. As a teenager he fell under the influence of a cowboy rustler named Mike Cassidy who taught him how to shoot, ride and rope and other necessary horse thieving tricks.After traveling with Cassidy to Telluride, Colorado, "Butch' fell in with the bank robbing duo of Tom McCarty and Matt Warner. Read More
