[hfr]

Louis L'Amour in his book, "Education of a Wandering Man", (Book of the Month Club, 2003, by arrangement with Bantam Books) on page 105 said Butch Cassidy did not die in South America:

"We stopped one night at a ranch where the people were know to me. Originally, I had come to the place riding the grub-line with a cowboy who used to work on the ranch. We had stayed, told stories, and generally enjoyed ourselves, so I though we would stop by and say hello. My father who was a veterinarian, took time out to fix the teeth on a couple of horses at the ranch, and in the evening, as we sat on the porch, I happened to comment that an uncle of mine by marriage had known Butch Cassidy.

The rancher commented that Butch had been through no long before, driving a Dodge, and had swapped a couple of tires for a saddle.

Butch was supposed to have been killed in South America but a lot of people in Utah and Wyoming knew better."

Louis L'Amour continued on about how Butch was a very nice person and well liked and had never killed anyone in a holdup.

That's what Louis L'Amour had to say about it.

[mad_as_he$$]

I was fishing in Wyoming about 30 years ago and a herd of cattle were being driven past my fishing hole. They stopped for the night and the cowboys setup camp. One of the cowboys was talkative. We got to talking about the Hole in the Wall and I asked how hard it was to get there. He gave me the answer and offered to take me when the drive was over. I asked about what went on there and he swore that when he was a young man Butch passed through and told stories around a camp fire one night. He asked his dad (who he claimed had a sketchy past) if that was the real Butch Cassidy. His dad told him it was and that he had known Butch in the old days and it was the worst kept secret around.