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Wilcox Train Robbery
- When
- June 2, 1899
- Where
- Wilcox, Wyoming
Armed men stopped a Union Pacific train near Wilcox, Wyoming, on June 2, 1899, forcing the crew to separate the locomotive from carriages.
The robbery occurred in the early morning of June 2, 1899, in the vicinity of Wilcox in Albany County, Wyoming. A Union Pacific train was flagged down before it could cross a wooden bridge. Armed men forced the train crew to separate the locomotive from the carriages. The event was initially considered unsolved but was later traced to Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch.
Sources
- Wilcox train robbery Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-22
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