Butch Cassidy was an American outlaw who was one of the iconic figures of the American Wild West.. in the years after the Civil war. Outlaws were often considered folk heroes, who stole from the rich.. Bankers and cattle ranchers were considered unpopular by poorer people, and as a result people who stole from them in a flamboyant way and got away with it, were admired. Some older outlaws, like the James brothers, had grown up in the Civil war and their rebellion against society was fuelled by their family's Confederate beliefs....
Butch was born in 1866 in Utah territory and his real name was Robert Parker. His family were Mormons who had moved from England and settled in Utah... and he was the eldest of a very large family..... He grew up on a cattle ranch but soon found it boring and left.. He took various jobs in ranching but became friends with a cattle thief, Mike Cassidy.. He also briefly worked for a butcher, and then when he embarked on a criminal career, he used the nickname Butcher, and took Cassidy's surname.
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