The Hoofprints of the Past Museum in Kaycee, WY is again offering a one-day tour of the Hole-In-The-Wall area on an old, exciting route. Even if you have been on a tour in the past, this one promises to be even better. We will have several speakers along the way. We are privileged to have Bill Betenson as a speaker this year. He is the great-grandson of Lula Parker Betenson, younger sister of Butch Cassidy. He has recently spent two weeks in Argentina and visited Butch’s ranch in Cholila. He is a well known speaker and writer on the life of Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, and we are very fortunate to have him on our tour.
We will meet in Kaycee at the Harold Jarrard Park Building at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 16, 2007. A continental breakfast will be served while speakers describe historical events that took place in the valley with the Big Horn Mountains as the western boundary and the Red Wall as the eastern boundary. At this time, Mr. Betenson will present a PowerPoint show of the ranch owned by Butch Cassidy in Argentina.
We are asking tour participants to furnish their own 4-wheel drive vehicles, if possible. For people who do not have 4-wheel drive vehicles, we will car-pool with those that do.
Our speakers will give you historical talks as we make our stops along the tour. We will be going in from the south, traveling through the Willow Creek Ran
ch and stopping at the site of the Hole-in the-Wall fight monument. Lunch will be served at the site of the Hole-in-the-Wall cabin. After lunch we will go to the Hole-in-the-Wall, and if time permits, you may be able to walk the Outlaw Trail there.
We will be stopping at other historical points of interest on the way back to Kaycee, where the museum will be open for visiting.
The cost of the tour is $85.00 per person, which includes a continental breakfast, lunch, the guided tour, and the speakers throughout the day. This tour will be limited to 100 participants. Upon receipt of your money, a letter of conformation will be sent to you. Along with the letter, information about accommodations in the Kaycee area will be provided.
For reservations or more information, please contact the Hoofprints of the Past Museum, P.O. Box 114, Kaycee, WY 82639. The museum phone number is 307-738-2381, or call Stella Brock, Museum Curator, at 307-738-2570.
Don’t miss this tour! The area looks almost the same as when history was made by Indians, ranchers, the “Wild Bunch” and the Johnson County War.
Thank You,
Hoofprints of the Past Tour Committee
To get an Idea of what the tours are like, visit our 2004
"Hole-in-the-Wall" and
"Dull Knife Battlefield" Tour Photo Pages.
