Walt Punteney: A Lesser Light of the Hole in the Wall Gang
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He was a man of the West. A cowboy, ranch foreman, top rider and roper with the Buffalo Bill Show, husband, father, homesteader, saloon owner... and outlaw.
This member of the Wild Bunch was a true pioneer of Hot Springs, County.
Walt Punteney was a stockman in Wyoming who sidelined as an outlaw in the infamous Hole-in-the-Wall gang. He counted as friends such well-known outlaws as Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid and Harvey Logan.
He lived in what is now Hot Springs County, Wyoming in a time when a cowboy could brand his own cattle and become named as a rustler. It was dangerous times but Walt never lost his zest for life or his smile.
Your Hosts:
Jackie Dorothy & Dean King
Music Credits:
Surrender, Dan Lebowitz
The Colonel, Zechariah Hickman
Wild West, Zitron Sound
Horses and Trains, Jesse Gallagher
For further reading on Walt Punteney and his companions, we recommend the following books:
Tim McCoy Remembers the West by Tim McCoy
Wind River Adventures: My Life in Frontier Wyoming by Edward J. Farlow
The Wild Bunch at Robbers Roost by Pearl Baker
Butch Cassidy: The Wyoming Years by Bill Betenson
Desperate Men: Revelations from the Sealed Pinkerton Files by James Horan
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