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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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