Reviving the history of Butch Cassidy

 Butch Cassidy was a notorious American train robber, bank robber, and leader of the Wild Bunch Gang in the American Old West. After pursuing a career in crime for several years in the United States, the pressures of being pursued, notably by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, forced him to flee with an accomplice, Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, known as the Sundance Kid, and Longabaugh's girlfriend, Etta Place. First he came to Buenos Aires (Argentina) where they settled in a hotel in Cangallo Street and deposited part of the spoils of their robbery of a train (12000 dollars) in the Bank of London. The thieves robbed two banks, one in Rio Gallegos (Santa Cruz) and other in Villa Mercedes (San Luis), and committed some more crimes.

In Cholila (located 70 kilometers south of El Bolson), Butch Cassidy built a cabin, which still remains. “I settled for ever” Cassidy wrote a friend in August 1902- “I have 500 cattle, 1500 sheep, 28 saddle horses, two laborers who work for me, plus a four bedroom house and other many things, United States were too small for me”.
In the mountain valley, the robbers found friendships and respect of several neighbors. Many tourists come here to visit the cabin of Cassidy and to get notice about this famous robber.               

Martín Baez