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Hole in the Wall
Outlaws hideouts providing the security and secrecy needed were hard to come by. The Hole in the Wall outlaw hideout used by The Hole in the Wall Gangs is famous
The Hole in the Wall is located fifty miles south of Buffalo in the shadows of the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming, the Hole in the Wall was a notorious outlaw hideout for the gang of Laughing Sam Carey. Black Jack Ketchum and Butch Cassidy also used this outlaw hideout for their gangs
Black Jack Ketchum favoring stagecoach robberies used the famous phrase often Throw Down the Box. (Meaning the stagecoach strong box.) Many a strong box was opened at the Hole in the wall with celebration to follow
The Hole in the Wall as early as 1880 had been used for an outlaw hideout. The crash of the cattle industry in 1884, caused a cow hand population boom with out of work cow hands hoping to find some easy money
The outlaw hideout called The Hole in the Wall during this time experienced a growing shanty town |
