Wyoming may be a sparsely populated state, but we’ve sure packed a lot of history into our past! Read about some of the most important small town events in Wyoming history below.
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Wilcox was home to one of the most successful outlaw train robberies of all On June 2, 1899, Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch Gang blew a Union Pacific train off the tracks, stole $50,000 worth of cash and gold, and escaped to their Hole in the Wall hideout.
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