Foiled Bank Robbery Site
FOILED BANK ROBBERY SITE
ON SEPT. 18, 1867, THE SUNDANCE KID (HARRY LONGBAUGH),
KID CURRY AND OTHERS OF THE "WILD BUNCH" RODE INTO RED
LODGE AFTER ESCAPING FROM JAIL IN BELLE FOURCHE S.D.
AND ANNOUNCED THEIR INVENTION OF MAKING AN
UNAUTHORIZED WITHDRAWAL FROM THE CARBON COUNTY
BANK THEY BOTCHED THE JOB AND SHERIFF JOHN DUNN
RODE OFF IN HOT PURSUIT. AFTER AN 80-MILE CHASE
HE AND HIS POSSE CAPTURED THE NEAR LAVINA
THE ROBBERS WERE RETURNED TO THE DEADWOOD, S.D.
JAIL, WHERE THEY AGAIN ESCAPED
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