And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Butch Cassidy - Notorious American train robber - colorized mugshot from 1894 - Wyoming Territorial Prison - Laramie, WY.
I live in Vernal, Utah, which provided safe haven for Butch Cassidy and his gang, in return for no crimes being committed here.
This part of Utah, which borders Colorado and Wyoming, is known as the "Outlaw Trail", because of its popularity with outlaws.
With no railroad here, the rugged mountains and high desert made it difficult for lawmen and posses to respond quickly, and outlaws had only to ride a few miles to be in another jurisdiction.
My great grandfather, Pete Farrell, operated a toll bridge across the Yampa River at Sunbeam, CO. Was accused by law enforcement for helping outlaws. Probably true. Browns Park was home to many who didn't like governments or laws.
Oh drat. Looking at that I see the jaws drop of clothing designers all over the world fighting to reinvent that collar and coat look. Talk about highway robbery!
Read the NPS interview of an ol' gentleman named Ned Chaffin. His parents settled in SE Utah in the late 1800s and he leaves no doubt, based on his parents and neighbors memories that Butch did, in fact, survive South America and return to the Circleville, Ut. area..
He doesn't look much like Paul Newman, in that marvellous movie from 1969. That film was the first one that I saw more than one time at the theater; saw it twice more, it just blew me away.
Just seeing the words "Butch Cassidy" and I've got "Raindrops keep fallin' on my head" going thru my head!
I live in Vernal, Utah, which provided safe haven for Butch Cassidy and his gang, in return for no crimes being committed here.
ReplyDeleteThis part of Utah, which borders Colorado and Wyoming, is known as the "Outlaw Trail", because of its popularity with outlaws.
With no railroad here, the rugged mountains and high desert made it difficult for lawmen and posses to respond quickly, and outlaws had only to ride a few miles to be in another jurisdiction.
My great grandfather, Pete Farrell, operated a toll bridge across the Yampa River at Sunbeam, CO. Was accused by law enforcement for helping outlaws. Probably true. Browns Park was home to many who didn't like governments or laws.
ReplyDeleteOh drat. Looking at that I see the jaws drop of clothing designers all over the world fighting to reinvent that collar and coat look. Talk about highway robbery!
ReplyDeleteRead the NPS interview of an ol' gentleman named Ned Chaffin. His parents settled in SE Utah in the late 1800s and he leaves no doubt, based on his parents and neighbors memories that Butch did, in fact, survive South America and return to the Circleville, Ut. area..
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't look much like Paul Newman, in that marvellous movie from 1969. That film was the first one that I saw more than one time at the theater; saw it twice more, it just blew me away.
ReplyDeleteJust seeing the words "Butch Cassidy" and I've got "Raindrops keep fallin' on my head" going thru my head!