In 1890 a fellow named Harry Longabough got out of jail in Wyoming. He had a buddy who worked as a wrangler at the bar U Ranch up in Canada (located on Hwy 22 about 6 miles south of Longview. Harry came up to visit his buddy and ended up getting a job as a wrangler himself on the Bar U. Harry stayed with the Bar U for a year then went to work at the Cochrane Ranch just west of Calgary.
Harry decided to change vocations and went into a partnership in a bar at the Grand Central Hotel in Calgary. The hotel was located on the NW corner of 9th Ave and 1st SE or now kitty corner from the Calgary Tower. The hotel is now gone of course. Harry and his partner had an argument over wages and Harry pulled a gun. The Calgary Police were called (Calgary had a fledgling police force then).
Harry decide to get out of Canada and he returned to the U.S. In Colorado he met up with an old acquaintance by the name of Robert Leroy Parker. Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Longabough went on to become Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Harry or now the Sundance Kid was in Alberta from 1890 to 1892.
Sources: High river Times, Calgary Sun, Calgary Police archives, Glenbow foundation.
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