One of the most famous names of the Old West, Butch Cassidy began his life of crime as a cattle rustler and horse thief and became notorious for sticking up banks and trains. From the origins of his famous name to the mystery surrounding his death, get the story on this legendary American outlaw.
Butch Cassidy's family was among Utah's early Mormon settlers.
The eldest of 13 children, Butch Cassidy was born Robert LeRoy Parker on April 13, 1866, in Beaver, Utah. His grandparents and parents were Mormons who moved from England to America in the 1850s in response to Brigham Young's call for overseas members of the Church of Latter-day Saints to help establish communities in Utah. In 1879, the Parker family moved to a piece of property near Circleville, Utah, where they farmed and raised cattle.
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