State Street and Sixth Avenue Thursday was the site for a reenactment of the 1987 robbery of the Butte County Bank by the Curry Gang. Pioneer photos by Lacey Peterson
State Street and Sixth Avenue Thursday was the site for a reenactment of the 1987 robbery of the Butte County Bank by the Curry Gang. Pioneer photos by Lacey Peterson
BELLE FOURCHE — Belle Fourche’s State Street and Sixth Avenue were the scene Thursday of a reenactment of the June 28, 1897, robbery of the Butte County Bank by the Curry Gang which included notorious colorful rogue outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
After the railroad arrived in Belle Fourche, the town had become prosperous as being a loading point for cattle and later sheep. The bank was indeed robbed at gunpoint, but the crew were unsuccessful in that they only made off with about $100 rather than the $30,000 they estimated they would take.
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