August 18, 2021
Jun. 09, 2026
News
“All Were Rattled”: Butch Cassidy, The Castle Gate Robbery, and the Wild West
This blog post was written by Emily Stoll, a summer 2021 Intern at the Utah State Archives and Records Service. She is a senior at Weber State University and working on her public history degree. On April 21st, 1897, the Pleasant Valley Coal Company located in Castle Gate, Utah, was robbed in broad daylight. Considered to be one of the
May 25, 2017
Butch Cassidy Indicted
As a preview to a brand new online collection called “Crime in Utah,” the grand jury indictment of the notorious Butch Cassidy from 1897 is now online. He and several others were accused of robbing the payroll from the Pleasant Valley Coal Company in Castle Gate, Utah. The case file is from the Seventh District Court for Carbon County. The
Public Comment Policy
Recent Posts
Authors
Categories
- Certification/
- Digital Archives/
- Electronic Records/
- FAQ/
- Finding Aids/
- General Retention Schedules/
- GRAMA/
- GRAMA FAQs/
- Guidelines/
- History/
- Legislative Updates/
- News and Events/
- Open Government/
- Records Access/
- Records Management/
- Records Officer Hub/
- Records Officer Spotlights/
- Research/
- Research Guides/
- RIM FAQs/
- Roles and Responsibilities/
- State Records Committee/
- Training/
- Uncategorized/
- Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board/