Outlaw Trail Exhibit at Caspar Musuem

Guns or knives? Butch Cassidy and the other outlaws of the west are romanticized in movies and songs, yet the truth is often drastically different. Riding off into the sunset or calling out a cheat in a card game in a dirty rundown salon may not be true, but does make a great story.  Sometime the truth is not as glamorous. Yet both the myth and the truth shape our vision of the past.

Right now The Fort Caspar Museum has a new travailing exhibit all about Wyoming’s outlaws. “Wyoming’s Outlaw Trail” is at the museum through February 14^th. It is a visual tour of the old west. See images of the Wyoming outlaws of and the landscape that surrounded them. Displayed in the exhibit are Butch Cassidy's "mug shot" from his hard time in Wyoming. There is also a picture with Able Lincoln with Allen Pinkerton.

“Central Wyoming certainly has had its share of outlaws,” Rick Young, Manager of the Fort Caspar Museum says, “so we are very happy to host this exhibit at Fort Caspar Museum. Of course, when it comes to the bandits of the American West, it’s difficult to separate fact from fiction. Everyone wants to claim characters like Butch Cassidy, Kid Curry and Calamity Jane. This exhibit attempts to explore the folklore, history and geography behind the men and women who rode Wyoming’s Outlaw Trail. It puts them into their place in time in our state’s landscapes and towns.”

This exhibit was put together by author Mac Blewer and Sweetwater County Historical Museum Exhibits Coordinator Dave Mead. It showcases excerpts and photos from the book by Blewer “Images of America: Wyoming’s Outlaw Trail.”

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