Wyoming: in pursuit of heroes
My visit to Wyoming began in pursuit of a cattle rustler named Robert LeRoy Parker and his sidekick, Harry Longabaugh. A little more than a century ago, the pair achieved fame for carrying out a string of audacious robberies of banks, trains and mine payrolls, as well as for their dash and daring in evading the law. The proceeds funded a lavish lifestyle, but also enabled them to bestow such largesse upon common people in need that comparisons with Robin Hood were inevitably made.